On Jun 19, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Simon St.Laurent wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> It's all connected. Anything that aggravates global warming, >> especially, >> will make it that much harder for a community to struggle to stay >> sustainable. > > Sure - but there's also the simple idea of "Think Global, Act Local", > which is a shockingly simple way of helping people get things done > where > they can be most effective. > >> As one who once lived here, works here, but always felt something of >> an outsider, I sometimes think this area is too impressed with >> itself, >> too centrally isolated. > > That's funny - I generally see Tompkins County people as so obsessed > with national and international issues that they have a hard time > pausing to look around at their actual neighborhood. > > Perhaps my perspective is made more extreme by my own conclusion that > localization is a key part of dealing with what we're up against. > >> There's always the delete button. > > Or the unsubscribe option. > > I guess I thought this list would be about the "Act Locally" side of > things. Frankly, if it's not, I'll depart. > > Thanks, > Simon St.Laurent > http://livingindryden.org/ > _______________________________________________ > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
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