This recently came off of the sustaindane list.
This is the 3d list I've seen with people taking
serious issue with Lampert-Smith's very selfish,
very auto-centric (is that redundant or what?!)
viewpoint.
-Mike
3. Forecasting versus Backcasting
Posted by: "spunkledevil" [EMAIL PROTECTED] spunkledevil
Date: Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:12 pm ((PDT))
Backcasting "living into" a desired future - is one of the most
powerful concepts in The Natural Step framework. Fortunately,
Madison has leaders who take this principle to heart on their way to
and from work: they walk, bike, and use public transit.
But there are powerful forces in Dane County who remain fixated
on "forecasting" people who believe that our future is more or less
pre-ordained by extrapolation from past trends, however unsustainable
or absurd. For a perfect example of this mindset, please read Susan
Lampert-Smith's column "Leaders ought to drive a car to work" in the
April 11 2007 Wisconsin State Journal.
Although it is not surprising that Lampert-Smith bristles at Madison
Alder Robbie Webber's advice to "think before buying" the autocentric
lifestyle, the fact that Lampert-Smith goes on to castigate Madison
leaders for not driving enough is astonishing! Yet in all likelihood
her perspectives on highway expansion reflect the majority outlook in
Dane County.
So I pose this question to all Sustain Dane members: "What can WE do
to help the Susan Lampert-Smiths in our midst to "get it" about
sustainability and to understand that highway expansions without
end are a prescription for a devastated, gridlocked planet?
I also encourage everyone to send letters to the editor regarding
Lampert-Smith's column and the ecologically bankrupt viewpoint it
represents.
Hans Noeldner
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