"Radical environmentalism failed," said James Johnston of Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics. "Whether radical environmentalists admit it or not, they failed."
The Death Of Radical Environmentalism
The Death Of Radical Environmentalism
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Submitted by linton on Sun, 2007-07-22 21:06. | Tags: culture
Environmental issues...11th Hour & Leonardo DiCaprio
On October 16th, 2007 julianayrs says:
In my review on DiCaprio's 11th Hour, I noted that the producers have focused on some intelligent issues which have not been covered before in other projects on green house gases, global warming, etc...such as the concept of ancient sun.
Great documentary.
Check it out.
www.ijulian.blogspot.com
It's a matter of everyone making everyday choices
On October 8th, 2007 Leah says:
when It comes time to buy a new car....I have a choice of fuel efficient, or hybred, or not, that doesn't mean I have to be radical and ride my bike up a huge hill in the rain all winter. I have made a choice to buy efficient light bulbs to replace the old one's. I turn off the lights, recycle anything I can and have a compost in my back yard. I also eat meat, but free range chicken and eggs and organic whenever possible in all my grocerie choices, sometimes only when I can afford it. But when the choice is available, I choose to make the green one. It's about every person making lifestyle changes whenever and where ever possible. It's to simply be aware that throwing away a bottle or recycling it is a choice that ever person in North America has or should have. If every person changed one lightbulb to an energy efficent one in Canada, that would save a huge amount of power per year (I don't remember the exact numbers). The changes don't need to be radical if everyone is just educated.
fifty years
On September 22nd, 2007 m.laughlin says:
I am sad to have seen a reasonble request turn political. It has become a childs play. Burn,blow,shout. Because you can. Rachel C. was a turn for me. A sympathic hero. Now we see the consequent damage. Think before you burn blow or shout. The revolution is coming. From regular folk. Remember them? We can not afford to lose them anymore.
Hardly dead
On August 4th, 2007 satellite360 says:
Radical environmentalism is not dead, it has simply changed tactics - as one of the defendants stated, "It's very clear to me now that if you want to live in a world of peace and equality, you need to embody those qualities in your own heart and actions". That doesn't mean action is not being taken, there are still plenty of people doing stuff which can get them thrown in jail, but the action is more likely to hurt profits than people.
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In the landscape of Spring there is neither
better nor worse.
The flowering branches grow naturally,
some long, some short.
no rites of passage
On August 3rd, 2007 igmuska says:
lets see, nose rings, tattooed body, piercings everywhere....then this bizarre stuff...all for a woman...what happened to just dating these days
Harsh world
On August 3rd, 2007 swayrs says:
As any other good thing which started as an answer to a bad one, environmentalism needed?! its radicals. The whole equilibrium of good and bad in everything needs to be kept, hence the fundamentalists. They will exist as long as the environment exists, either we like it or not.
How about common sense environmentalism?
On August 3rd, 2007 veggiedude says:
Howard Lyman says (paraphrasing) "An environmentalist who eats meat is like a surgeon who still smokes".
Twenty years ago John Robbins pointed out in his book "Diet for a New America" that if 10% of Americans became vegan, we could have eliminated our dependancy on oil from the middle east. No one listened to him.
How about people walking the walk, not just talking the talk
On August 3rd, 2007 byates says:
From what I have seem it appears that most of the environmental damage is done by just a few people. What is the environmental footprint of someone like Paris Hilton or Sean Penn? How about the cost to the environment of a concert by the Rolling Stones or Madonna? Why do we have to pay the price of these elephant and whale size egos and their careless disregard for the earth?
I know some claim to buy carbon offsets, but are those really effective in offsetting the current damage?
We're all guilty of "talking the talk" to some degree
On August 4th, 2007 judith says:
Actually, while Paris & Sean may spend big bucks on individual aspects of life, I'll wager that the average North American's footprint isn't that much smaller ... as it regards the volume of goods purchased (clothing, furniture, etc, etc.), plus twice-daily commuting - with a lot of those commuters driving SUVs. P & S may fly a bit more often, but there sure are a lot of "regular folks" taking once, twice, even three-times-per-year vacations well away from home -- tourist areas don't stay open on the basis of celebs only.
Just my observations/opinion :-)
J
Radical isn't dead!
On July 22nd, 2007 Nukeslayer says:
Just the burning of hummers and resorts wasn't a very bright idea, throwing more pollution into the air, that's all... but good ol'fashion radical antics are not only doing, they might soon be doing better than ever...
http://greennuclearbutterfly.blogspot.com/2007/07/southeast-convergence-for-climate.html
Hayduke Lives!
“What's more American than violence? ….It's as American as pizza pie.†~ George Washington Hayduke
There is an essay on Edward Abbey's The Monkeywrench Gang and Doug Peacock’s Walking It Off. And, one of the comments there is interesting... www.socialaffairsunit.org.uk/blog/archives/000844.php
"What's more American than violence? ….It's as American as pizza pie." The quotation is an allusion to an episode from the race riots of the 1960s. "I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie." H. Rap Brown, press conference (1967)
Brown (a/k/a Hubert Gerold Brown 1943-10-4 --) became notorious in the 1960s as the "Justice Minister" of the Black Panther Party. He spent five years (1971-1976) in the Attica Prison after a robbery conviction. While in prison, Brown converted to Islam and changed his name to Jamil Abdullah al-Amin. In 2002, he was found guilty of killing a Georgia sheriff's deputy, and wounding another officer in a gun battle at his store, for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Pizza, of course, is, ironically, not American, it's Italian. Does the quote mean that violence is an Italian import?
Posted by: Robert Schwartz at March 23, 2006 05:13 PM
Also, this is good food for thought. http://iht.com/articles/2007/10/18/opinion/edbeyerle.php