INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ENVIRONMENTALIST
LAUNCHES RUN FOR U.S. CONGRESS
CITING NEED FOR MASSIVE REORGANIZATION
OF GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS TO DEAL WITH WORLD CRISES

A New York City author whose book and documentary film No Impact Man helped bring climate change into popular consciousness today announces his candidacy for the United States House of Representatives. Colin Beavan PhD will run on the Green Party ticket in New York’s 8th Congressional District, following the vacancy left by the retirement of Representative Edolphus Towns.
Beavan rose to prominence as a spokesman for the international environmental movement after worldwide press and media interest followed the release of his film and book. His campaign, citing “growing world crises” in climate, environment, economics, and energy production, calls for a complete change in economic priorities including an end to consumption-based economics, massive decentralization of government and business, and huge investment in local communities.
“The economic system is supposed to make people safer and happier, but it can no longer do that because it wasn’t designed to deal with our new planetary crises,” says Beavan. “The tired old Democratic/Republican debate over taxation isn’t going to fix it. We need to create a new, more stable system based on investment in people and local communities instead of shareholders and corporations. We have to face up to climate change, the end of oil, and the failure of consumption to make people happy. Robust local economies help solve all these problems.” Read more »
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