{"id":312,"date":"2009-07-04T08:57:38","date_gmt":"2009-07-04T08:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/?p=312"},"modified":"2009-07-04T17:13:59","modified_gmt":"2009-07-04T17:13:59","slug":"freedom-choice-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/04\/freedom-choice-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom, Choice – Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Independence,

"The Statue of Liberty"- photo by Suzanne Maxx <\/p><\/div>\n

By Suzanne Maxx<\/p>\n

I love celebrating \u201cThe Declaration of Independence<\/a>\u201d and this year, Independence\u00a0has great meaning on 4th of July in NYC.\u00a0 True independence is within our vision, now evidenced by the sweeping changes abound;<\/p>\n

We have a new Energy Bill <\/a>thanks to representatives Waxman & Markey’s; American Energy and Security Act (ACES). <\/a>It \u00a0just made it through the House of Representatives(HR2454). <\/a>This bill is a step towards the first law of its kind for the USA<\/a>, which could help us on the path towards Energy Independence and allow the alternative sources like solar; wind, tidal, geothermal to grow.\u00a0\u00a0Obama\u00a0 seems to be in favor of it,<\/a> although there werelast minute controversial changes.<\/p>\n

Independence\u00a0from Oil, now that would merit\u00a0a big celebration, and fireworks.<\/p>\n

With \u201cCopenhagen<\/a>\u201d in December there is a true possibility of the first ever Global Environmental Treaty ratified for our world.\u00a0 We have more countries than ever before attempting to work together to take on the Climate Crisis, that is significant.<\/p>\n

The USA is manufacturing electric vehicles and the automotive industry is transforming.<\/p>\n

Serve.gov <\/a>is one example of how Service,\u00a0Contribution, Integrity\u00a0and Environmental Responsibility are being valued as a commodity and the world of business is being reformed.<\/p>\n

The Web,\u00a0social networks, streaming media, multiple channels of TV:\u00a0\u00a0withviewer “Independence” and so much\u00a0choice, the entertainment industry is transformed.<\/p>\n

EPA <\/a>declares Greenhouse Gases pose threat to public health<\/a>–and a greater accountability from polluters is born.<\/p>\n

The ARRA<\/a> creates green jobs, and funds the kind of projects that will insure our independent future, and asks for a smarter electrical grid, and Utilities are being transformed. \u00a0\u00a0Solutions are born.<\/p>\n

Let us celebrate our greatest gift we have in this country-freedom.\u00a0\u00a0It is so exciting to live in a time of change, where the possibility of creating a future independent from the past is real.<\/p>\n

World Team\u2019s green building (that intends to have the option to function independent of the electrical grid is closer to reality)\u2014and a new for profit Delaware corporation ;\u00a0 \u201cWorld Team \u2013Building LLC\u201d that will contribute to World Team Now<\/a>, is born.<\/p>\n

In truth we are all dependent on the love that we need from one another and more that is ineffable: the air we breathe, water, food and something bigger and beyond each us— some call it \u201cnature,\u201d I say \u201cGod\u201d (call it what you will, but let’s answer the call with reverence and respect).<\/p>\n

May you realize the greatest gift that grows from Independence; Freedom<\/p>\n

Freedom gives choice\u2014how do you choose to use your resources; T<\/strong>ime, E<\/strong>nergy, A<\/strong>ction and M<\/strong>oney?<\/p>\n

A twist of irony–to celebrate independence at a time where there is \u201cdependence\u201d on the Team of people who are all working on our growing World Team Now<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0 Thank you All— and we welcome All!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cIndependence\u201d and this year that word has great meaning on 4th of July in NYC. True independence is within our vision.We have a new Energy Bill thanks to representatives Waxman & Markey’s; American Energy and Security Act (ACES)\u2013a step towards the first law of its kind for the USA, which could help us on the path towards Energy Independence and allow the alternative sources like solar; wind, tidal, geothermal to grow. Independence from Oil, now that would merit a big celebration…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5584,70627,14526,16429088,18763125,585823,1254391,18764461,86178,15010454],"tags":[61001,224565,1539378,111083,49904,346200,31617,197443,3997339,1266700,264796,19414,113127,24154,5648,35140,22397432,103825,2215540,374851,27685,20723391,224463,22070509,1416482,11580712,9487,28006,21463294,2144384,36117,45212,26658,480331,71325,15010456,19140590,195963,1370556,462,699,10266,740812,470724,151,42316,183866727,183866729,22397433],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5584","category-alternative-energy","category-change","category-change-world-team-now","category-epa-environmental-protection","category-global-environment","category-non-profit-org","category-the-american-recovery-act-arra","category-transformation","category-world-team-now","tag-independence","tag-4th-of-july","tag-arra","tag-automotive-industry","tag-choice","tag-climate-crisis","tag-copenhagen","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-electrical-grid","tag-energy-bill","tag-energy-independence","tag-entertainment-industry","tag-epa","tag-fireworks","tag-freedom","tag-geothermal","tag-global-environmental-treaty","tag-green-building","tag-green-jobs","tag-greenhouse-gases","tag-house-of-representatives","tag-hr2454","tag-independence-day","tag-july-4th-nyc","tag-markey","tag-multiple-channels","tag-nyc","tag-public-health","tag-serve-gov","tag-smart-grid","tag-social-networks","tag-solar","tag-solutions","tag-statue-of-liberty","tag-streaming-media","tag-suzanne-maxx","tag-the-american-clean-energy-and-security-act-of-2009-aces","tag-tidal","tag-transformed","tag-tv","tag-usa","tag-utilities","tag-viewer","tag-waxman","tag-web","tag-wind","tag-world-team","tag-world-team-now","tag-world-team-building-llc","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions\/321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}