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Matt, I agree that government is needed to be part of the solution. (I might agree that Conservative MPs do a better job of representing rural ridings, living as I do in a rural riding, but that's for another time.) So much of what I've read has made the case that although there is plenty that we can do as individuals, there are things that we need from government. Oftentimes, we have regulations or policies or don't have regulations or policies that are really needed if our practices are to move toward sustainability. Building standards that demand more energy efficiency, more demanding vehicle standards would help. It would also help to scrap or change regulations that encourage, for instance, construction of large houses. As Bill Rees wrote in Alternatives, What if governments governed as if the environment mattered.