Carol wrote:
>I'm now campaigning for a
>smaller, more efficient refrigerator because much of our food is harvested
>minutes before being prepared for a meal or can be stored without
>refrigeration (winter squash, potatoes, onions, etc.). Actually, I
>wouldn't mind trying no refrigerator at all, but that is still too radical
>for the rest of my family.
That sounds like our family also. We went to a small refrigerator
a few years and it took a mild campaign. Actually, i've found the
act of planning and having a goal is sometimes all it takes. When
a group of people are together the ones who plan usually end up
having the greatest influence. The same techniques also seem to
work with the larger culture around us.
>And the garden is such a nice place to be. It gives me hours of pleasure
Yesterday it was sunny and i planted some potatoes. It only took
about ten minutes, so i just sat there thinking about what a great
investment that ten minutes was. I suppose the slugs were chortling
to themselves about that deluded gardener enjoying the sun, but
gardening does pay a good dividend.
Eric:
>I'd recommend "Deep
>Ecology" edited by Michael Tobias 1984, "Simple in Means, Rich in Ends" by
>Bill Devall 1988, and maybe "The Invisible Pyramid" by Loren Eiseley 1970
>for starters.
Thanks, for the reading list. I finally took some time to look around
the CSF web pages (hosts this list) and found some references to deep
ecology.
http://csf.colorado.edu
>Cultural activism
>is the attempt to change the dominant cultural patterns by creating, living
>and sharing viable options in the direction of the desired change.
That sounds good, i might steal those words <grin>.
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>U-S Poll Shows Pro-Renewable - Anti-Nuclear Stance
>If given a choice, 62% of Americans would buy their electricity
>from renewable energy sources, 18% want natural gas, 6% want
>nuclear and 4% want coal. A poll by the Sustainable Energy
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>accident similar to Three Mile Island could happen again, and
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