Campaigns
  9/11 Truth
Raising questions about the official government explanation for 9/11, demanding that a new, truly independent investigation be carried out to find out what happened and who was involved, and calling for Vice President Cheney to be immediately impeached.

Featured Film: Oil, Smoke, & Mirrors

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  From Apathy to Action
Pessimism of the intellect... Optimism of the will. The time for taking action is now.

Featured Film: What a Way to Go: life at the end of empire

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  Media and War
Drawing the connections between a failing media system and a country continually at war. Fixing the media system must be our number one long term strategy for endings wars and preventing future ones.

Featured Film: War Made Easy

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  No GMOs / Go Organic!
Exposing the corporate controlled, chemical and fossil fuel dependent system of mechanized agriculture as the destructive, outdated, and unhealthy way of growing food that it is. Working to create a more sustainable food economy in Lawrence, centered on the principles of permaculture, local production, fair-trade, community support, and ecological respect.

Featured Film: The Future of Food

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  Peak Oil & Sustainability
Coming to understand the full effect that declining global oil supplies will have on nearly every facet of modern life. Working to build a more sustainable Lawrence, supported by the self-reliance of our own communities, democratic and far-sighted city government, renewable energy, and a culture of values that affirms the sacredness of all life, human, plant, and animal. Launching a campaign to get our city council to pass a Peak Oil Resolution, which would create a task force to study and recommend positive actions that the municipal government can take to address the issue at a city-wide level.

Featured Film: The End of Suburbia

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  Smart Growth / Wal-Mart Reform
Raising awareness on the destructive effect Wal-Mart has on towns like Lawrence. Drawing the connections between Wal-Mart and a paradigm of "economic growth" that is fundamentally unsustainable. Choosing between an old way of thinking, where urban sprawl, environmental negligence, and imbalanced social equity are the norm - and a new way of thinking, where quality of life, environmental balance, and social equality are our highest measures of progress. Working to make Wal-Mart a more responsible and ecologically sustainable corporation. Getting our local City Commission to make sound and far-sighted decisions that will improve the health and sustainability of Lawrence. Attending City Hall meetings and holding our elected officials accountable.

Featured Film: Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

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