>In addition, prompted by the personal/political question a week or so back,
>what do you think are an individual's responsibilities (if any) to the
>environment? Could you or would you identify a different (or overlapping)
>set of responsibilities that a society/government has to the environment?
>
>Susan Clayton
The individual and society and governments and business and ALL Humans have
a responsibility to maintain the environment. This means not chopping down
virgin forest, not using chain saws to chop even their so-called
'sustainable forest' but using axes. This responsibility means putting
money and other resources into solar power alternatives, ultimately getting
rid of the petrol engine and the need for so much electricity and gas. It
means a realisation that the costs of an energy source cannot be calculated
simply by adding dollars and cents, and that the environmental and social
costs of a choice are far FAR more important.
It means not dumping toxic waste on our neighbours doorstep like the USA
dump theirs in Mexico. It means taking a global view of things. It means
pouring money and resources into fixing some of the terrible things weve
done. A great many of the Earths deserts were man-made. (I am not being
sexist, womyn had nothing to do with this destruction.) It means not
hunting animals such as whales to extintion. It means never net fishing
(dolphins and other animals are caught in these nets and die needlessly.
It means that everthing we do is done thoughtfully and mindfully of the
consequenses to the planet and to our neighbours. It means cultivating
respect from us to the Earth, its animals, and its resources.
Respect may be the key here. It is definately something that men have not
given womyn and that womyn while men act the way they do, cannot give to
men.
Respect the planet and all other things.
Respectfully
Kylie
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The thing women have got to learn is that nobody gives you power. You just
take it. -- Roseanne Arnold.
