When the bottom fell out in Cuba after the USSR pulled out, they organized organic gardening and agriculture conservation which saved their country. Eventually they developed accredited universities and schools and a first-rate medical system.

The credit card has been overextended to Americans and the bill has come due. Now it's time to reevaluate what it means to be American and get back to our core principles of
"life liberty and the pursuit of happiness". This means that we can't continue to borrow on our energy, our commodities, our consumerism, our misguided foreign policy to preserve these by aggression in foreign countries. We need to rethink what America means.

Andrew Bacevich's book "The Limits of Power" recommended by Bill Moyers is a good
start.