Following up on Joel's comment, I would like to encourage all ST friends to consider the ultimate recycling effort: become organ donors...
Christian On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Joel and Sarah Gagnon < [email protected]> wrote: > A thoughtful post. The litmus test for me is whether I would feel the same > way about using human body parts. Here too, there is ambiguity. We recoiil > at the Nazi use of human skin for lampshades, but we feel differently about > salvaging useful parts for reuse if it can help save another's life > (although not everyone is keen to allow that for their own body). What's the > difference? Marissa speaks of honoiring the life and recognizing that the > animals have a spirit and an identity. Do they? Do we? How we answer those > questions has a major impact on how we live our lives. > > Joel > > At 09:42 PM 3/27/10 +0000, you wrote: > > > When it comes to road kill, and what happens to it, I've always had mixed >> feelings. I know people who take it home to their freezers and then create >> things out of it. In some ways I guess it could be considered "recycling" >> and that the animal "lives" in the parts that are used. My conflict is >> whether we honor the animal's life by using it in what we wear, or in art >> work produced. Have we lost our sense of recognizing that the animals have a >> spirit and an identity. Also, animal lives were lost because of the >> transportation technology that is frequently used recklessly. >> >> I also do know some people who remove road kill and lay these animals to >> rest. I appreciate their thoughtfulness. >> >> >> Marissa Richards >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Patricia Haines [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 04:23 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [ST] just for fun: eco-fashion made from roadkill... >> >> >> http://www.ecouterre.com/14696/couture-hats-headpieces-made-from-roadkill/?utm_source=Inhabitat+Weekly&utm_campaign=803c98b8e8-Inhabitat_Weekly_November_19th11_12_2009&utm_medium=emailLEVEL >> GREEN - fostering sustainable community through collaborative >> initiatives in hospitality, education and the arts, in the 150 year-old >> democratic spirit of the Danish Folk School. 1519 Slaterville Road, Ithaca, >> NY 14850 (607) 339-9472 _______________________________________________For >> more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please >> visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/RSS, archives, subscription & >> listserv information for:[email protected]:// >> lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkinsQuestions about >> the list? ask [email protected] hosting >> by http://www.mutualaid.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, >> please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ >> >> RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: >> [email protected] >> http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins >> Questions about the list? ask >> [email protected] >> free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org >> > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > Questions about the list? ask > [email protected] > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
