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· Create local shared vegetable gardens that produce food for all to sharewithin walking distances of your home.· Work with neighbor to create a community center within walking distance ifone does not exist.· Transform busy roads by planting trees that force cars to slow down.Implement traffic calming techniques such as speed bumps. Create urbanwalkways as replacements for main streets in the city/town/village you callhome by eliminating car traffic.· Rather than flying off to the tropics, take a vacation by hiking your local trailsto become more familiar with your own country.· Support the development of mass transit systems that are wisely conceived toreduce car traffic.· Use alternative transportation such as car pools and car sharing .The effects of transportation systems on our neighborhoods, villages, towns andcities have been dramatically destructive in general. The requirements for vastamounts of fossil fuels to power the ever growing number of cars has created one ofthe largest sources of pollution. The terrible cost of the military force used to tryand protect fossil fuel reserves is in the trillions of dollarsmoney that if applieddirectly to the problems of poverty, pollution, and environmental destruction wouldbe vastly more constructive and profitable.Your choice has large impacts. Make your travel choices carefully and creatively.116