Exactly one month from now local elections will be held in the Netherlands. Although many aspects of sustainability can only be legislated at a national (or rather, global) level, many things can be done at a local level. I was very curious what all the parties in my home city had to say about things like sustainability and Peak Oil, so that’s why I created the overview below.
Before we start, I would like to make one thing absolutely clear: this is in no way a voting advice. Firstly: I wouldn’t dare tell anyone what to vote, everyone should make that choice for him- or herself. Secondly, I think the choice for which party to vote should be based on much more than just a single topic. The only thing I strongly recommend is to go and vote on March, 3rd. Read all the party programs below (each party in the list below has a link to the election program and its website) and if something is not clear, just ask at the party in question.
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Listed below are all local political parties that will participate in the local elections in March 2010, in random order. I copy/pasted all text that had to do with sustainability and traffic. I did my best but do not guarantee correctness and/or completeness.
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) in Japan, possible to show the WSC’s winner (Tokai university) to show who really should have won in Australia 
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) about 90 teams are competing, and that makes it a lot bigger than the WSC. A difference is that the WSC is held on public roads and that the Dream Cup is held on the circuit of Suzuka (