However, when we begin exploring the management of our physical environment, it's quickly obvious that it has an economic dimension. The Rhode Island economy is literally grounded in this place. So ECONOMY is included in this website, albeit from a perhaps unusual perspective. To give one example of the effect of environments on economies consider Rhode Island and North Dakota. Rhode Island's economy is different from North Dakota's economy in large part because of the differences in environment and natural resources as well as relative location. North Dakota can't really sustain an ocean-based economy for instance, and the short distance to major metropolitan centers also makes a difference for Rhode Island's economy.
This website aims to describe Rhode Island by showing who does what to take care of this place. It highlights constructive, collaborative, and cooperative endeavors. The creator and managing editor, Sue Korté, managing member of White Lilac LLC, welcomes your additions and suggestions. Do you take care of Rhode Island somehow? Let me know!
There's already rather an overwhelming amount of detail here, but that's how modern life is structured. Rube Goldberg would be delighted by the incredibly complicated way we take care of Rhode Island! The goal is to describe Rhode Island, beginning with our physical environment and incorporating how our economy is literally grounded in this place.... daunting, perhaps impossible, but critical if we want to fix the root causes of our state's problems.
I am developing a framework (the structure of this website) and indexing/linking to other online resources to make it easier for Rhode Islanders to grasp what's really "growing on" around here. This is only the beginning, but it is already useful, especially the news feeds, categories, organization directory, and calendars. It will take a long time to flesh this out.
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