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Greg Gerritt is a long time activist residing in Providence RI. Current projects include Buy Nothing Day, helping his community develop a complete compost system, urban agriculture, river restoration, stopping global warming, creating a green economy, and working with Green Party candidates for office. Organizational affiliations include the Green Candidates Resource Center, Prosperity For RI, the Urban Agriculture Task Force, Friends of the Moshassuck, and the Environmennt Council of Rhode Island.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, October 11, 2010 2010 Buy Nothing Day - First Reminder/Second MessageConsumerism and growth seem to dominate policy thinking in the United States. Politicians are obsessed with economic growth, or recently the lack thereof. Everything except the military is at risk of being defunded if tax revenues do not rise. Maybe it is just the priorities that are askew, both those raising economic growth above all other values and those funding the military before all other priorities.