Congratulations Mr. Obama!

You’ve been elected on the promise to change … uh … something about the way the United States is governed.

Pardon me. I must have missed exactly what that change is going to be. I guess it got downed out in the all the cheering every time you mentioned it.

Whatever… Here’s something for you to consider if you’re planning to change environmental policies and practices. I think you may find it of interest since you’ll no doubt have to change some things about the economy as well

It looks like a natural fit for your new government since a lot a people are talking about your having to deliver a new New Deal – the old one being Franklin D. Roosevelt’s in 1933.

Let’s hope we don’t head into such a severe economic Depression as FDR had to address, but in any case if your new New Deal proposes a new treatment of the global Environment, it can make good global economic sense as well.

Take a look at this United Nations initiative called the “Global Green New Deal” – Environmentally-Focused Investment Historic Opportunity for 21st Century Prosperity and Job Creation.

It was announced by theUnited Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) just a few weeks before your election. Take a look and then please return to my future posts.

I’ll relate this initiative to Green Building as we go forward.