[GJM] The Earth Charter

[W. Curtiss Priest]

Dear Mary Rose,

Yes, the Earth Charter site is inspiring.

Seeing their site I see the need for product and service
labeling that goes well beyond the EER (energy efficiency
rating) for appliances in the US.

It would add three more ratings and then a composite score
of the four, for "typical use:"

	1.  EER
	2.  Energy required to manufacture (or providc/serve)
	3.  Resource content -- weighted by scarcity of
		the resource (i.e., zinc vs. gold vs. plastic)
	4.  Recoverability efficiency -- including
		probability of recycling and further costs
		to recovery

Indeed, we could add a fifth:

	5.  probability of harm to the individual, for example
		20% fat hamburgers

Now when someone buys at McDonald's they can assess everything
from packaging to the meat.  It would also be on airline
tickets and cars.

Thanks for the posting.

Regards,

Curtiss

Mary Rose wrote:
> 
> As Thomas Berry wrote:
> 
> "We will go into the future as a single sacred community, or we will perish
> in the desert."
> 
> The Earth Charter brings us together as a "single sacred community".
> 
> http://www.earthcharter.org/
> 
> It is time to take down the borders and barriers that separate us.
> 
> It is time for us to stop fighting and competing with one another.
> 
> We must return to our "Oneness".
> 
> mary rose

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