Think Global > Act Local

Dear Governor,

My name is Julian Tyler, I grew up in Chico.

The recent news about the spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the toxic mess it is causing got me thinking about our local environment. I recently visited Upper Park, and Butte Creek and noticed how beautiful it is, but also that there is pollution in the water -- beer, urine, other chemicals --, trash and other graffiti in areas of the park.

My question is: What is being done to preserve, clean and restore the beauty of the local parks of my home town -- Upper Park and Butte Creek -- and all other places of natural beauty and resource like them?

I currently live in Southern California and I love the growing movement I see towards acting locally and thinking Globally.

I think that every CA county and city should set up an Agency / Group / Body to study the current state of their local natural resources, with the idea of:

1) Identifying problems/pollution

2) Learn where the pollution coming from, how to fix, stop and solve it

3) Create a plan for restoration and preservation

4) Begin to clean up, raise awareness and promote the beautification and sustainability of the parks and resources

I truly believe that the entire state of California should be doing this. Every city. Every resource. We need to find out what is polluting, find out how to stop it, and make our state -- city by city, county by county -- the most clean and beautiful as it can possibly be.

This will create jobs. Involve volunteers.

This will create richness > food, health, beauty, tourism

This will allow us to make sure that the parks and nature is better than ever, every passing year. Rather than worse!

We have the resources. The people. The ability.

The state can help. The schools of all grade levels. The universities. We need as many people as possible to know that it is time to bring it back to the way it naturally was -- CLEAN, full of life -- before it is too late.

If we did this in every state, America will become the most clean, beautiful, healthy and prosperous nation in the world. We can do this. It is ENTIRELY possible.

It starts local.

Best,
Julian Tyler

I love the natural beauty of California, but I know it needs help. It's time to give it.