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EDITOR'S NOTE

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Jeff Lee,
Senior Associate Editor, EcoHome

At a program I recently attended about building green communities, an attendee commented on what she saw as the problem of “elitism” in the green movement. Bethesda, Md., which was the focus of the lecture, has one of the highest concentrations of PhDs in the country and successful businesses and residents contribute significant intellect and financial resources to the town’s sustainability initiative.

In her own community, the mixed-income residents are not focused on sustainability. For example, she said she sees recycling being loaded in garbage trucks.

So, does the green movement have an elitism problem?

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