Re: what the content of the listserve should be: I hope we don't get bogged down in a heated and polarized exchange between just 2 people, a debate that could slow up a bit to look for common ground. I'm for giving preference to local sustainability stuff, for sure, but its never been strictly that way on this list. In addition to our own local discussions, networking, calls to action, and news-sharing, people on this list have selected pieces from all over the world that, to me, seemed relevant to our own issues about biofuels, local foods, eco-justice, etc.
When it goes too far in the long-distance direction, someone usually puts in a corrective remark and it gets sorted out.. (eg war is intimately related to sustainability <as is everything> but unless the explicit links are being explored, there are probably dozens of anti-Iraq war /pro- peace websites to go to without dwelling on that here) . So I see it as a matter of balance. If one or two people are sending out a bunch of global stories nearly every day, that can easily be gotten from Truthout or Grist or NYTimes.com, that does not seem balanced. Elan >On Jun 19, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Simon St.Laurent wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> It's all connected. Anything that aggravates global warming, >>> especially, >>> will make it that much harder for a community to struggle to stay >>> sustainable. >> >> Sure - but there's also the simple idea of "Think Global, Act Local", >> which is a shockingly simple way of helping people get things done >> where >> they can be most effective. >> >>> As one who once lived here, works here, but always felt something of >>> an outsider, I sometimes think this area is too impressed with >>> itself, >>> too centrally isolated. >> >> That's funny - I generally see Tompkins County people as so obsessed >> with national and international issues that they have a hard time >> pausing to look around at their actual neighborhood. >> >> Perhaps my perspective is made more extreme by my own conclusion that >> localization is a key part of dealing with what we're up against. >> >>> There's always the delete button. >> >> Or the unsubscribe option. >> >> I guess I thought this list would be about the "Act Locally" side of >> things. Frankly, if it's not, I'll depart. >> >> Thanks, >> Simon St.Laurent >> http://livingindryden.org/ >> _______________________________________________ >> RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: >> [email protected] >> http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins >> free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > >Ben Hewitt >Contributing Editor, Men's Journal >Contributing Editor, Popular Mechanics >Eastern Editor, SKIING >Senior Editor, wickedoutdoorsy.blogspot.com > > > >_______________________________________________ >RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: >[email protected] >http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins >free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org -- Elan Shapiro Sustainable Tompkins Program Co-Chair Sustainable Living Associates, Principal Frog's Way B&B 211 Rachel Carson Way Ithaca, NY 14850 607-275-0249 "We must be the change we want to see in the world" Mohandas Gandhi _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
