Environmental Research Foundation, June 10, 2006

POTENTIAL ALLIES FOR A PREVENTION/PRECAUTION MOVEMENT

[Rachel's introduction: This is the list of potential allies that we could join to create a social movement to advance precautionary, preventive action. This list was included in my printed handout that accompanied my Powerpoint talk, "Some Ideas about Building a Movement" June 10, 2006 at the first national conference on precaution. This list is by no means complete -- please add your own potential allies.]

By Peter Montague

Potential allies who are, or could be, using a preventive approach include people working on:

** addictive substances ** affordable housing ** aging population ** animal rights ** biodiversity ** biomimicry ** biotechnology ** birth defects ** brownfields ** chemicals policy ** child birth ** children and infants ** chronic diseases (too many to name here) ** civil rights ** class issues ** climate justice ** commons ** community stability ** consumption, excessive ** corporations ** courts ** criminal justice, delinquency, drugs, prisons ** debt ** decision-making techniques ** democracy, self-governance, rule of the many by the few ** dispute resolution ** domestic violence ** downtown redevelopment ** ecological medicine ** education (many issues wrapped up in this word) ** elections and voting systems ** eminent domain ** energy (independence and renewable sources) ** environmental impact assessment ** environmental justice ** excessive consumption ** expensive gasoline, heating, and electric (energy policy) ** faith-based action ** family and child services ** farm workers ** fenceline communities ** food system (availability, quality, price, local first) ** freedom of assembly ** freedom of association (right to form and join a union) ** freedom of speech ** gangs ** GIS mapping to reveal injustices ** global justice (corporate globalization project) ** good government ** growth ** health care/medical care ** health disparities ** health care disparities ** health impact assessment ** health insurance ** HIV/AIDS. ** homelessness ** immigration and immigrant rights ** imperialism ** incinerators are other waste-full machines ** indigenous people ** inequalities of income, wealth and power ** infectious diseases ** infertility ** jobs without justice ** landfills and dumps ** land-based people and communities ** land-use (sprawl, eminent domain, highways) ** local economic development: stable communities, local first ** manufacturing and clean production: waste=design failure ** media ** militarism ** money (from local currencies to monetary policies) ** nanotechnology ** nuclear power/waste/proliferation ** nursing homes ** parenting ** peace ** pesticides ** planning -- What kind of communities do we want? What kinds of businesses do our communities need? ** poverty ** pregnancy ** preserving farms and rural life ** preventive medicine/health care ** privatization ** public health policies & practice -- creating conditions for health to flourish ** public miseducation ** public safety -- safe streets, safe neighborhoods, safe schools ** racism ** recycling ** regulation ** reproductive health ** retirement/retirees ** revitalizing cities ** rising cost of water and waste disposal ** risk assessment ** rural life, small towns ** schools ** seniors ** smart growth ** social determinants of health ** spiritual renewal/spiritual practice ** sprawl, suburbs, destructive land uses ** steady-state economy ** stewardship ** sustainable agriculture ** tolerance and intolerance ** transportation ** urban environments (jobs, parks, recreation, safety, livable neighborhoods) ** Wal-Martization of the economy ** war ** waste ** water ** white privilege ** women's issues ** worker's rights ** workplace democracy ** workplace safety and health ** youth ** zero waste ** other ?? (Add your favorite issue here.)