I'm really starting to build a local base of activism for environmentally friendly ideas. I've been thinking about setting up a separate website like the Park Slope Neighbors or paying the $19/month for a Meet-Up site. Another site recommended to me is the Open Plans Project. The Gotham Gazzette has also run a series of articles about local cyber-activism.This would help sustain my local environmental initiatives and give a voice to the majority of people in the district that support these ideas against the narrow micro-NIMBY naysayers and stagnant institutional players like the NYC Department of Transportation.

But maybe there is another path? Interloafer comments in my last post that I should apply for open spots on my local community board. BP Scott Stringer and the local council members will have full rights to appoint new people to the board. Indeed Stringer has made Community Board reform a major issue.

So what's a budding activist to do? Apply for Board membership or continue to build a local movement for policies that will help soften the impact of peak oil? Would it be possible to do both?

I welcome thoughts from my dear readers.