“… the greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the very system they attack, and who produce words and bullets, not food and shelter.”

(Bill Mollison, ‘Founder of Permaculture’)

Thank you for writing on this important issue. While individually we can strive to be more green, collectively we need to raise awareness of the local issues that are impacting us, our neighbors and in the cities/towns where we live. One way is by informing one another of what is happening in the towns and neighborhoods where we live.

The media barely touches on the deeper issues affecting sustainability and social environmental issues (aka: environmental justice). It uses a broad brush stroke instead and the attention isn’t divided evenly among the rich and the poor. Let’s be our own media.

Anyone reading this can join our facebook page called ‘Green Muslim Collective.’
That’s actually where I came across this article. We’re a small group that started out in the S.F. Bay Area and are gaining more members from outside of California and the international community. Alhamdullilah!

The Eco Muslim