The
Plant Works, has several components
*First, Urban
Foresters for the Future:
- Trees to be cut for can
be rescued. A national organization takes data and
transports trees to be replanted &endash; with an
emphasis on fruit trees as well as on rare or unusual
specimens.
- That the way we treat trees currently is cruel. We
can learn to respect them and to care for them much
better than we do. Rather than cut trees down, because
they're inconvenient, in the way, or for any reason
not related to the health of a given tree or its
community of trees, the tree would then be
transplanted to some location where it is or would be
wanted, useful, or needed. This could easily become a
large-scale jobs program, will reduce global warming,
provide value for communities, people, and more! Just
think a grass roots program with career structures and
even bureaucracies!
- There would be programs to grow trees, and begin a
global tree planting program, which which could
include but not be limited to reforesting projects and
or to reestablish native species in their historic
environment.
*
Second,
Back Yard Harvesters:
Urban, as well
as other, gardeners could organize to grow food in
back yards or other such public spaces. The food
harvested would be shared with the property owners and
those in need, the homeless, hungry via community
pantries, or at community kitchens where individuals
could prepare the food for themselves and or others.
Yup, a great work and jobs program with career
structures and even bureaucracies!
*
Third, a jobs program for the homeless:
- Food Recycling: donated food from stores,
restaurants or farmer's markets would be collected and
given to the hungry, homeless or destitute.
- The persons doing this collecting could,
simultaneously, collect recyclable items, or donated
household items, which could be sold as is, repaired
or repurposed. Also, usable or
reparable household items, which could be refurbished,
repurposed, and or simply resold would be for the
benefit of those in need. A similar program could be
developed for automobiles, except this would involve
parting out vehicles and or making them ready for
use.
- Regular recycling could be collected and the funds
generated be used for the benefit
of those collecting the materials.
* Fourth, The
Humble Home Program:
This program
would address living conditions. A number of
approaches could be considered. Designated Rest Areas,
DRA, which could be unused parking lots, open areas
near to transport lines, service providers. Parks
could be used as well. These DRA's would require users
to be sober, safe, and clean. Before entering a DRA a
person would be checked to be sure they are in
compliance with the community guidelines. Although
they wouldn't be refused entry, those who may present
a danger to themselves or others would be placed in a
facility where they could sober up, detox, or be
disarmed. Overall there would also be a license or ID
process so as to facilitate the delivery of goods and
services to those in need. A housing program which
could put small "Tiny Houses" into back or side yards.
These would be "dorm room sized" for the most part, be
mass produced as "kits" that would be delivered to
sites and assembled by locals. They would have solar
panels, lighting, a small cooler for food and a means
to heat food or the dwelling. A solar powered
composting waste system would be in place as well.
These structures would be temporary, in that they
could, when necessary, be taken down, refurbished, and
reused.
But
why?
..
Well, this is not
really just one idea it is a class of ideas,which may
be of help to all those who cannot find employment for
various reasons but who can take up such opportunities
as these, or what others come to mind when these ideas
are brainstormed, funded and experimented with.
Different localities will be encouraged to experiment
and as successes become evident it will be the
government's duty to help localities develop and
duplicate models that work. This is a win-win-win -
all the way around!
But what do others
think?
Here are a
few newer links of interest:
http://t.act.nature.org/r/?id=h3625ea2,afd56c,afd573
http://t.act.nature.org/r/?id=h3625ea2,afd56c,afd574
and
http://t.act.nature.org/r/?id=h3625ea2,afd56c,afd575
There is also
this website by Start Sleeping, which
provides a listing
of
resources to help those in need get a good
nights sleep. https://www.startsleeping.org/homeless-sleep
National Alliance
to End Homelessness, The State of
Homelessness in America 2016:
http://www.endhomelessness.org/library/entry/SOH2016.
National Law Center on Homelessness &
Poverty, No Safe Place: The
Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S.
Cities, on the Internet at
http://www.nlchp.org/documents/No_Safe_Place
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, The 2015 Annual Homeless
Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress
http://www.hudexchange.info/resources/documents/2015-AHAR-Part-1.pdf.
Here are some advisements as to how we
might ameliorate the situation:
https://www.waldenu.edu/programs/social-work-human-services/resource/homelessness-in-america-facts-everyone-should-know
Large data collections portrayed in simple
terms and graphs.https://projecthome.org/about/facts-homelessness
Here is a quick overview of the
homelessness http://frontsteps.org/u-s-homelessness-facts/
This web page provides a wealth of studies
that are wide ranging and provide an good
overview of the current status of
homelessness in America
https://nche.ed.gov/ibt/research.php
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I am
intent upon problem solving and, in association with
Creative
Ideas Consulting of San
Francisco,
I am
embarking on another means of affecting the warp and
woof of our social fabric so as to promote a healthy
change in the evolution of the human civilization or
community on Earth.
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Much
more is coming but this note provides notice that help
is on the way, in the meantime, to make inquiries, see
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Dan!