Re: [Goanet] Goa to host India�s first carbon neutr al wedding

2009-12-14 Thread marlon menezes
What Fred is actually saying is that as far as the environment in concerned, it is better that humanity remains of limited economic means - after all, the poorer you are, the less likely you are to over consume and thus emit less carbon. Unfortunately given Fred's leftist leanings, he also seem

Re: [Goanet] Goa to host India�s first carbon neutr al wedding

2009-12-14 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
FN, Who said anything about planting trees in a rural setting? Plant them where you are - make sure you have enough space for trees when you are building a house. The context in which I said whatever I said was in the context of a couple getting married. Right.  This means a house, in the lon

Re: [Goanet] Goa to host India�s first carbon neutr al wedding

2009-12-11 Thread Frederick Noronha
Hi Gabriel, That's a good one! Agreed. Buying carbon offsets could help us quell our (guilty) conscience, feel that we're doing good, and in fact encourage us to consume even more of the planet's finite resources. Business as usual Theoretically, the trees would be planted in some rural sett

Re: [Goanet] Goa to host India�s first carbon neutr al wedding

2009-12-11 Thread Gabriel de Figueiredo
Photos from Goa's 2009 mando festival: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/sets/72157622843319441/ Event on Wed, Thurs evening from 5 pm onwards, Kala Academy, Panaji-Goa -