"Do you know what D2D stands for?" asked a friend.
"No, but I'm sure it has something to do with education," I replied.
"It has to do with a sports field and an inflatable dome."
"No! You must be wrong. Not in Shorewood."
Imagine this: Every village in the country contributes $600,000 towards
artificial turf and a dome to have its very own sports field. Would that help make the world a better place?
Now imagine this: In an era of global warming which threatens the viability of life on this planet, every village contributes $600,000 towards a plan to become green. Not green with envy over others' sports fields but green with caring about the environment. Would that help make the world a better place?
Here's how we drive to distinction: Instead of installing artificial turf we could cultivate natural earth. An educated and creative community like Shorewood could devise a comprehensive plan that's a paragon for villages across the country. We could educate our citizens about risks and alternatives and about decreasing energy usage, help them to stop polluting our land, air, and lake. And we could develop ways to monitor this.
We moved here 38 years ago for the school system, and most people moving here today come for the same reason, despite the fact that we're cutting the budget for education instead of increasing it. Who would move here for a sports field?
Drive to distraction, drive to destruction, drive to extinction, we should put our money where our life is.
