Polarization was never my intent. Paradoxically, perhaps, I also agree with this point, which I hope things like the upcoming July 7th event at GIAC will go a long way towards addressing.
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. People often don't look around to their own neighborhood especially towards those who are "marginalized". Although I see it not so much as being overly obsessed with national/international issues, though that has occurred, as being an issue of classism and racism. Jeanne -----Original Message----- From: Elan Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sustainable Tompkins County listserv <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 2:37 pm Subject: [SustainableTompkins] local< > global ? balance! Re: what the content of the listserve should be: I hope we don't get bogged down in a heated and polarized exchange etween just 2 people, a debate that could slow up a bit to look for ommon ground. I'm for giving preference to local sustainability tuff, for sure, but its never been strictly that way on this list. n addition to our own local discussions, networking, calls to ction, and news-sharing, people on this list have selected pieces rom all over the world that, to me, seemed relevant to our own ssues about biofuels, local foods, eco-justice, etc. When it goes too far in the long-distance direction, someone usually uts in a corrective remark and it gets sorted out.. (eg war is ntimately related to sustainability <as is everything> but unless he explicit links are being explored, there are probably dozens of nti-Iraq war /pro- peace websites to go to without dwelling on that ere) . So I see it as a matter of balance. If one or two people are ending out a bunch of global stories nearly every day, that can asily be gotten from Truthout or Grist or NYTimes.com, that does not eem balanced. lan >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 Ben Hewitt Contributing Editor, Men's Journal Contributing Editor, Popular Mechanics Eastern Editor, SKIING Senior Editor, wickedoutdoorsy.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org - lan Shapiro ustainable Tompkins Program Co-Chair ustainable Living Associates, Principal rog's Way B&B 11 Rachel Carson Way thaca, NY 14850 07-275-0249 "We must be the change we want to see in the world" Mohandas Gandhi ______________________________________________ SS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ttp://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins ree hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
