At the special meeting at which the new policy document was ratified, members mentioned other points on which CANWin might express a position, but due to time limitations they were not able to be discussed. It was suggested that we use this blog page to accumulate a body of opinion on each of the issues, and call a another meeting in the near future to add some or all of them to the policy. I list the issues here, and suggest that one or more proponents of each one put words to a specific proposal in a separate blog, to which comments may be added. In this way, we might collect a series of proposals to bring to a meeting, the wording of which will have already been refined to some extent.

The issues:
1. Environmental refugees & health effects
2. Nuclear fuel cycle
3. Geosequestration
4. Population control
5. Local manufacturing base increase
6. Steady state economics
7. Emissions trading/taxation
8. Limit urbanisation
9. Energy for developing countries
10.Limits of renewable energy
11. Food security & GM food
12. Government support for I.T.E.R.
13. Labelliung of food miles

The Management Committee suggests that members of Canwin choose a maximum of six (6) topics for discussion in a meeting in early September.  As one member said, “This discussion will determine the future direction of Canwin. Any member who does not attend and participate in the discussion can have NO grounds for complaint about the policy or direction of Canwin from this time forward. This is democracy in action and are we not an action group?”

So let’s hear from you….

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