Brainstorm athe
National Neighborhood Council, Port. OR May Ô78
Study Energetic
trends & Needs Land
use planning areas
Create Efficient
designs Establish
clear goals
Analyze costs
& benefits Set
limits to growth
Define the
needed services Find
our social purposes
Discover new
awareness
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Build conservation
library Open
resource switchboard
Write project proposals Form
non-profit corps
Broadcast public
events Get
many agreements with
Share helpful
information Neighborhood
associations
Do social issue
dramas Use
professional help on
Join local
action groups Consult
with architects
Plan reform
strategy now Use
mass media PSAs PR
Present clear
slide-shows Newsletters,
posters & flyers
Skill resource
exchanges Give
good real suggestions
Paint colorful
murals/arts Develop
credible trust
Share others
successes Creation
operation by-laws
Value clarification
dialogs City
ÔBlock clubÕ representatives
Public interest
directory Sing,
talk, type, touch & ??
Debate alternative
ways Reform
our tax systems
Print agendas
& reports Write
positive law bills
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Needed action
projects
Do energy
conservation trips Attend
healing workshops
Dig community
garden plots Clothes
streets to care & trucks
Build greenhouses
for plants Campout
& eat on grass
Open community
schools at nite Develop
emergency food-banks
Operate human
service centers Make
bicycle lanes & paths
Measure any bad
pollution Plant
trees & shrubs & herbs
Cooperate in
many ways Recycle
in local free stores
Gleaning nearby
surplus crops Preventative
medicine ways
Tool lending
library shop
Use intermediate technology
Group food/tool buy
co-ops Portable
arty bandstand stage
Cooperative retirement
homes Co-op
using church facilities
Affirmative equality
programs Rooftop
gardens & camping
Street dances
& parties Safe
block homes/shelters
Drug & food
detox centers Natural
homebirthing places
Small cottage craft
businesses Job
sharing by friends at work
Conscious organizing
tools Celebrate
nature & cooperating
Super efficient
structures Organic
food networks & diet
Common block
backyards open Natural dance
& yard parties
Sharing, recycling
& reuse materials Having co-op work/play retreats
Local growing
markets outside Walk, jog, bike, dance
& massage
Parades, exersize
& jog-a-thons Neighbor-fair
park festivals
Outlaw or tax pollutions
here Encourage
hitchiking & car-pooling