Families For The Future

Neil

 It would help if you could provide some detail here on what FFF is all about, the image has rather fine print on my display. I am very interested in these topics but without more detail its hard to decide whether or not to participate. It might also help for those that cannot attend to see what you are up to. Good ideas should be shared (and bad ones exposed)

Hi, if  you need any information, contact Andy Vine at:
familiesforthefuture@telus.net
or andyvine@telus.net
On the poster it reads:
"Families For The Future is looking for a few capable and committed individuals to dream/create build a brand new organization aimed at encouraging and supporting famillies to make lifestyle changes in order to reduce their ecological footprint and greenhouse gas emissions."
Andy Vine also posted this on relocalize.net:
FAMILIES FOR THE FUTURE
"A new idea looking for people to make it happen…
Right now we are witnessing an amazing explosion of awareness about the dangers of global warming. Within the space of a few weeks the environment has gone from the political back-burner to centre stage as politicians of all stripes scramble to claim the green high ground and (hopefully) the votes that go with it. Meanwhile, ordinary folk like you and me are left scratching our heads and wondering if it is just more empty rhetoric and what really needs to happen to ensure a healthy world for our children and their children.
One thing seems clear, there is a drastic shortage of real world, practical information and support for people who want to make a difference but don’t know where to begin.
That’s where I see a need for a grass-roots organization that I am calling, for now anyway, Families For The Future. (F3)
I see F3 as a way for families and individuals to network, access information, resources and tools to help them make lifestyle changes to reduce their ecological footprint. One tool I would like to see is a Lifestyle Audit that families joining F3 would undertake to learn how their current lifestyle contributes to global warming. Based on this information they would set realistic goals for reducing their ecological footprint and draw up a plan and a timeline for achieving these goals.
This plan would be shared with other families in their F3 community (a group of 5 – 10 families) and reviewed regularly to see what progress is being made.
There are many other ideas that would fit within the F5 concept. For example a monthly on-line magazine of ideas and news related to the global warming issue.
F3 could also become a powerful lobby group to push politicians towards genuine, meaningful action, rather than window dressing.
Perhaps most of all F3 is a way for families to become truly engaged in the struggle to regain an ecological balance in global ecosystems. This is the struggle of our times. It is the fight not only for the future of our planet, but also for our own sanity. Children need to see their parents engaged in this struggle. Failing to do so is as good as abandoning them.
And yes it will be a long, hard struggle with much heartbreak along the way. But at least we will be able to look in the mirror and into our children’s eyes and know that we are doing our part to help save the planet. That alone is worth a whole lot of struggle."
As to whether it is a worthwhile endeavour, I would edge toward  saying yes. I hope this helps.
Neil Westlake

Thanks Neil

This additional information really helps. F3 sounds like an effort worth supporting and resonates well with a lot of my own thinking around how to help achieve behavioural change through information and support.

DW