"The absence however of wide participation from among the socialist left, outside the sponsoring organizations such as the Socialist Alliance, suggests that a lot more attention has to be invested by reds to turn green. The challenge thrown up not only by the Cuban example of sustainability — explained by Roberto Perez — and the ecological relevance of Marxism –as argued by John Bellamy Foster — gave many greens much food for thought and many lefts a lot of inspiration."

The final Conference statement tried to articulate that shared perspective. It argued that climate sustainability can be built on five basic elements:

1. properly resourced public agencies to drive the sustainability effort,
2. an international framework where the First World pays the vast bulk of the price of reversing global warming,
3. an end to rampant consumerism,
4. vastly strengthened campaigns (?- that is alarming) for climate sustainability, and
5. building a powerful political alliance for climate sustainability with social justice.

A combination of the Lefts 2 favorite religions, Gaia and The State.

...really gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling

These guys sound a lot like the Nazi Green party.

I just shuddered...it could be the alarming clip, or the fact that it's still unseasonably cool in Texas.