Gwens

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Location:	Near Blackstock, Ontario. Canada
Forum Post Count:	10
Join Date:	12/20/08
Favorite green websites/publications:	http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/ http://www.davidsuzuki.org/
Favorite non-profit organization	http://www.canadians.org/ http://www.amnesty.org/ http://www.madd.org/
If I could change one thing in the world, it would be:	Since it is unsustainable I would change unregulated capitalism.
I think the most important environmental issue is:	Climate change Ocean acidification Unsustainable living
The greenest thing I do is:	I own 140 acres of land. Of that about forty acres are for my house and an orchard planted with Macintosh and Red Delicious apples trees. The remainder is to be preserved in natural woodland and about ten acres of wetland. May house is heated and cooled using geothermal and powered by Bullfrog Power http://www.bullfrogpower.com/
What does "sustainability" mean to me:	Whenever I’m asked this I always flash to that famous old Cree Proverb “Only when the last tree is cut, only when the last river is polluted, only when the last fish is caught, will they realize that you can't eat money.”
Why am I passionate about being green?	We are only here on this planet on average about 80 years. We live on the greatest chunk of rock in a neighbourhood that spans many light years across. As far as we know there is no other like it. I don’t want to cheat someone else out of their eighty years because of my selfishness.
About Me	I'm a conservative’s worst nightmare. I'm an educated female, socialist, atheist and lesbian who believes it’s a woman right to choose. At twenty five I am able to live the unique lifestyle I do because of a settlement I received after both parents were killed by a drunk driver when I was fifteen.