Re: Caordic change and Greens?

1998-12-01 Thread Jay Hanson
From: Caspar Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] I believe that a much more satisfying life is possible by substituting friends, community, conversation and caring for stuff. I largely If we don't follow Caspar's advise, there may not be ANY life a hundred years from now -- let alone "satisfying life".

Re: Caordic change and Greens?

1998-11-28 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
Eva Durant wrote: (1) Jay's predictions are probably pretty "right on", and it would make good sense to act as if we were *sure* they were true, since, at worst, such a strategy would maximize our chances for survival of the human species and for minimizing suffering for those of us

Re: Caordic change and Greens?

1998-11-28 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
tom abeles wrote: [snip] the "green utopia" doesn't seem to be worth the price to get their- it is not a resort destination but a destination of last resort- we get there if we conserve and we get there if we don't- Is that true? Isn't the question *what "we"* gets there? Will that "we"

Re: Caordic change and Greens?

1998-11-27 Thread Caspar Davis
At 9:30 AM -0500 11/27/98, Brad McCormick, Ed.D. wrote: snip ... If our culture bestowed the highest honors on people who solved problems of preventive medicine, minimizing resources needed for production, etc., then that's what the brightest minds would eagerly work on, rather than searching

Re: Caordic change and Greens?

1998-11-27 Thread Brad McCormick, Ed.D.
tom abeles wrote: [snip] What the "green" visions hold is not such a possibility but the idea that if we all get behind the movement the human race and the planet can survive- humans get to live another day. yes, the air will be clean and the fields will be green and the waters blue. But

Re: Caordic change and Greens?

1998-11-26 Thread fran^don
At 11:00 AM 11/26/98 -0600, Tom Abeles [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don Chisholm presents a cogent and clear picture of the green movement. What is more to the point is the reaction which he has seen from the general public and from the parishes where the church leaders with whom he met tried to