Would you have in mind something along the lines of the aptly-named "Titanic Eco-Spa"? Green buildings, spring water and towels and a "spa traveler award". I kid you not.
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 7:39 AM, Arthur Cordell <[email protected]>wrote: > Would also add to the cute message that oh so many greenies are recycling > this and that and then without a thought jump on a jet to go off to this or > that conference or vacation spot without a thought as to what these and a > host of other personal activities are doing that run counter to the > religion > of being green. > > arthur > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Spencer > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 10:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Futurework] Re: Being Green Then and Now > > > Tom Walker wrote: > > > Cute but false and misleading. > > [snip] > > "Cute" bullshit is still bullshit. > > Well, yeah. But not any greater or more tedious bullshit than many of the > putatively "green" odds & sods that we're expected (or forced) to embrace > today, many of which (IMHO) are ways of externalizing some large entity's > cost onto the consumer or create a profit ex novo. > > Yes, the vast volumes of toxics and particulates fired up smokestacks, down > drains and off tailings dumps before regulation outweigh, in global effect, > plastic bags or gas lawn mowers. The point of the "cute" piece was to > ridicule self-righteous Greenness among those who adopt and evangelize the > Green Consumer Catechism without critical thought or meaningful knowledge. > > Or so I understood it. > > > - Mike > > -- > Michael Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada .~. > /V\ > [email protected] /( )\ > http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/ ^^-^^ > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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