Now is the time to work on social, environmental future

Editor,

We are 33 days into 2011, and we have already experienced signs of social and climate change on a global scale.

Floods, revolutions and winter storms serve as a few reminders of impermanence. Unemployment, health care needs and the education system exemplify moral and economic shortcomings. The world’s citizenry, who overcame trials and hardships, appears to be approaching another threshold fostering opportunity for change.
Three days of arguably severe weather exposed New Mexico’s dependency and vulnerability.

We need to evaluate our infrastructure and priorities to sustainably maximize efficiency of limited natural resources, funding, production capacities, distribution and our ability to ensure the health of our communities.

Change can be seen blooming as local food production exponentially expands. House Bill 46/Senate Bill 51 provides a strong stance for local property rights over international exploiters like Monsanto Company. The City of Albuquerque promotes transparency along with local buying preferences and collective consciences, and conversations focus more on proposals for change.

In the days to come, support and collaboration among farmers, skilled workers, manufacturers, healers, teachers, protectors, youth, elders, philosophers, historians, artisans, workers and leaders are crucial to usher the development of a culture of healing and a community of transcendence.

Please support by all means possible: local food, production, services and people. The economic and holistic benefits will naturally grow. Our ancestors provided us the opportunity at hand, and our unborn youth rely on our success.
This is real. This is life. This is now.

This is a personal invitation to participate. Please think about who you are and what your role is in society. Please comprehend what is done daily to ensure comfort. Things must change, and we must change them. I encourage all to do what their life’s journey has brought them to do.

Have faith in whatever brings hope, for nothing happens without purpose.

Thank you everyone for everything that has been done and for what has yet to be done.

Jedrek Lamb
Community member