Hi Folks - New Member with Article

Hello,

Greetings from a new member.

I just returned from the Carfree Cities Conference in Berlin and 
would like to get involved with the movement in the USA.

Here is an article I wrote for Alternet about the conference.

Park Your Ride
By Brian Smith, AlterNet. Posted August 4, 2004.

The American Dream of a suburban home with two cars in the garage is 
now being sold worldwide as the one true measure of success. 
Multinational corporations see the emerging middle classes of Asia 
and Eastern Europe as a goldmine. In China, more than two million 
automobiles have been purchased since 2002 with a growth rate of 80 
percent in 2003. Those achieving the American Dream now face the 
associated afflictions of this "success": obesity, stress, air 
pollution, crash mortalities, and the social isolation that comes 
with driving. Welcome to the good life.
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/19454/

Please feel free to link to this piece or steal it for any websites 
you maintain.

Look forward to getting in touch with you all.

Carfree for 5 years!

Brian Smith
Western/International Press Secretary
Earthjustice
426 17th Street 6th Floor 
Oakland, CA 94612-2820
PHONE: 510.550.6714 
FAX: 510.550.6740
[email protected]
www.earthjustice.org 




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