Sustainable Cities

     One of three major aspects of Civilian Restoration Corps. will be to create millions of jobs for people to plant & maintain publicly-owned, diverse heirloom & native plant gardens throughout towns & cities from coast to coast— thus replacing “decoratives & water-suckers” (i.e. lawns) throughout urban areas & rural towns.

     Imagine what it will be like when people get paid to do this all throughout towns & cities across America:

Logistics:

• Public gardens will be designed & implemented among newly-designated “no spray zones” (pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides, etc.); pest & rodent deterring plants as well as companion planting techniques (i.e. “The 3 Sisters“) will be utilized.  Fruit & nut trees will be planted from cuttings, & watering will be made automated.  A diversity of useful plants, trees, shrubs, & vines will be approved for use by Civilian Restoration Corps., & areas will be planted “to provide each community with a biodiversity large enough to help meet its needs and the needs of passers-by.”

•  Topsoil will be brought to cities from state & federal lands using the least ecologically-disruptive harvesting methods possible.  Bags of soil (which currently cots ~$5 for 40 lbs.) will be subsidized to be purchased from local hardware stores.

Links to Educational Resources to Help Orchestrate This Section of C.R.C.:

#1.) Efficient Gardening Techniques
#2.) Native Plants, Shrubs, & Trees

#3.) Several Ways This Will Benefit Everyone:

• Greatly reduce peoples’ grocery bills.
• Greatly reduce the incessant filling of landfills AND the filling of oceans with plastic waste because “gardens aren’t wrapped in garbage”.
• Greatly reduce humanity’s carbon footprint (less hauling of food great distances, reduce dependence on resource-intensive animal agriculture, etc.).
•  Greatly reduce peoples’  dependence upon food stamps (aka SNAP or EBT), thus reducing tax dollars.
• Help create a healthy & ecologically sustainable food supply to help replace the GMO & animal agriculture-based food supply we currently have in place, thus creating a healthier Citizenry.
• Help create a robust agricultural economy.
• Alleviate strain on communities trying to keep up with poverty in their areas.
• Relieves people from what will become unnecessary excess labor:  trucking & other forms of commercial hauling, garbage collecting & waste management, & so on) in a way which is “more beneficial to all people than the current paradigm is to anyone”.
• Increase National Security in Case of War, Disaster, or Economic Collapse (we’ll have publicly-available food & herbal medicine growing everywhere, which will reduce stress, panic, & anxiety for everyone at all times)
• Increase National Security by alleviating animosities between ourselves & people of other nations via a “help feed & house the world” movement for global peace & prosperity, with all human rights respected.

How This is Paid For:

• $5.5 billion will be paid for by ending the carried interest loophole that allows billionaire hedge fund managers to pay a lower tax rate than nurses and truck drivers. [1]
• Transferring a percentage of agricultural subsidies. 

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   Other duties Civilian Restoration Corps will perform include:

• Provide Electrical, Plumbing, & other Necessary Repairs to and Clean Energy forHomes, & Rebuild Crumbling Roads & Bridges (this section is directly connected to our housing plan)

• Native Animal & Habitat Restoration (& Wildfire Prevention!) Projects

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   If you liked this section of the platform, you’ll like this Sesame Street song called “Street Garden Cooperation”:

 References:

[1]:  Bernie Sanders, “How Bernie Pays for His Proposals”:   https://berniesanders.com/issues/how-bernie-pays-for-his-proposals/