The annual budget of the world's militaries tops $1.2 trillion. Can you imagine the carbon footprint that goes along with that? Not to mention the fact that the raison d'etre of armies these days seems to be protecting oil and other fossil fuel interests. With our children's future as "collateral damage"!No folks, military might is not sustainable. Let's start dreaming of all the ways the world's armies could contribute to ensuring a future for all the children instead of dooming it! (And they call environmentalists doom and gloomers. Sheesh!!)
Let's create a list together. Send me your ideas for what our armies could do once they're demilitarized. Here are a few to start with:
- get to work immediately to retrofit all the cities
- work on habitat protection and anti-poaching teams
- contribute 10 percent of their budgets for a United Nations Global Green Fund (please support this petition)
- get trained fast in alternative energy technologies and start building the new infrastructure
- learn how to respond to extreme weather events in timely fashion (militaries have the capacity to deploy rapidly) and how to build decent refugee villages for victims of climate catastrophes
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