UNDER-USED RESOURCES

I was just reading of the economic woes in grass-roots England, where local Councils are feeling the tightening to the point where they are closing facilities we have taken for granted - such as the local Library.

Seems that donations and volunteers are just keeping some infrastructure afloat - but time is not on their side.
Too much is changing, and often all at once.

The thing is - there ARE solutions. We just need to think differently/creatively.
We have many things that are quite UNDER-utilised.
Take local schools, for example. They are only used approximately 1/3 of the time. The other 16 hours per day they do little more than pose a security cost.

Why not make them into a "profitable" centre? They have halls to hire, computer classes to hire, acres of roof space to generate solar elec and therefore excess to feed to others, woodworking/metalworking shops, art rooms with kilns etc, cinema screens, swimming pools .....getting the idea??
And for heavens sake - why aren't they already on the road to food self-sufficiency using some of the land? Selling the excess to the community??
What about saving the water they collect?
Everything that we do for ourselves means less money we have to find....

That's just schools - now extend that to all the assets and amenities that local government control.

Do it different - and do it better!! Do it for you and your neighbours.
Now how about stop reading and putting it into gear?? :)))

So many options, so much good can come of it, and have some fun on the way.....