On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Dinesh <[email protected]> wrote: > Not a very bright idea, but how about going to a store paying for a > thing but not taking it ? > That way the same thing can be sold again and again till the packing > gets worn out. Economy will thrive as normal and resources will be > consumed lesser. > Or hire a charter plane for a tour of Egypt and Asia (by a group, if > required) pay all the amounts, including the stays at various places, > but never go anywhere. > Reminds me of the time I generously offered to relieve everyone of the evil influences and temptations of their cash. Sadly enough, no one took me up on my offer. It still stands, btw. Cash or money order accepted. Paypal too.
dj > On Mar 10, 6:57 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: >> We the consumers bear the greatest responsibility because we buy, we >> want and must have stuff we don't need. I put my recycle bin out >> every week but my trash bin every six weeks. We created an >> environment in which plastics are used for no other purpose except as >> an anti-theft device, ie; packaging. Much of our waste comes from >> our want of decoration and design, the paints and plastics; we even >> have plastic plants. How stupid have we become and how far are we >> going to go in letting ourselves be duped by artificial nature? Now >> with China entering a new phase of modernization with billions of >> people contributing to the mess we might find ourselves in the danger >> zone a lot sooner than we think. >> >> The Cap & Trade idea is definitely another distraction ploy by the >> corporate world to side step what will ultimately result in fiscal >> losses. Only we as individuals can change it. >> >> On Mar 10, 2:22 am, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > While a commercial...the 20 min. video on the story of stuff is both >> > entertaining and informative as well as direct. >> >> >http://www.storyofstuff.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
