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  Buying carbon credits...

  ...is a scam. Why do we bother to pay for our pollution with cash when we're paying for it in our environment already? There's no real offsetting going on here...its people making money of pollution, which in a healthy capitalist society encourages more "paid" for pollution.

  I admire the motive but not the method. If we want to stop polluting, then STOP POLLUTING. Funny that our justification for so many things that don't make sense in reality is often based around money.  

  But Im glad you're at Bonnaroo. Thats gonna Ri-dic-u-lous! Have a time...
  

  Jay Els Educate, Motivate and Bring About Change. www.ran.org

  On Blogging from Bonnaroo posted 3 years, 4 months ago 3 Responses

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  More coming...

  I just got down here from San Fran. About 25 other activist types are here as well. Its looking like Friday could be the big day...

  We've started a blog to chronicle specific events here on the ground.  SavetheGarden will be getting regular updates for the next few days on the current state of the farm and community.

  Btw, Alameda and 41st is about as South Central LA as you can get. Since this is also the stage of the LA riots in '92 there are some serious ghosts around the place that have yet to leave.  

  Jay Els Educate, Motivate and Bring About Change. www.ran.org

  On South Central Community Farm update posted 3 years, 5 months ago 4 Responses

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  It's been going on....

  ...for a long time.

  We worked on pressuring funds for the project (through Citigroup) to be diverted. Our campaign against Citi was succussful and they did pull out of the Urubamba but other banks and funders stayed in making it possible for the project to go forward.

  Whats hard to imagine is that these types of projects are springin up all over the world. Checkout the world's largest (and most disruptive) natural gas project being installed on the island of Sakhalin where breeding grounds for the last remaining gray whales are severely threatened by drilling and pipeline creation.  Organized and run by Shell Petroleum, its shaping up to be one of the most intensive natural gas sites on the planet. Never a good thing for the local people or eco-system. On Critics say Peru pipeline is an accident waiting to happen posted 3 years, 6 months ago 1 Response

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  About Time

  Nice to see Kristof finally come around. Jumpstart Ford has been advocating plug-in hybrids for over a year and we've featured some folks locally who are making plug-ins go even farther with add-on technology (up to 100 mpg which is a goal for vehicles that Congress continues to say is impossible and will only occur down the road in the future).  

  Also, a great op-ed in Madison's Capital Times by Michael Brune about a 12 Step program to wean the U.S. off of oil.
  

  Jay Els Educate, Motivate and Bring About Change. www.ran.org

  On Kristof for plug-in hybrids posted 3 years, 9 months ago 2 Responses

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  Making Connections

  people have to stop thinking of the environment as separate from the business community and our own human endeavors.  Categorizing this small victory (that'll we'll only have to win again a few months down the road) as a landslide victory for environmentalists everywhere is just another way of hyping the Sierra Club masses. yes its good news...for now. But really all that was accomplished today was a fresh towel on a bleeding wound.  

  What we should be doing is drawing connections between the benefits of a green, sustainable, organic, eco-friendly (and whatever else you want to call it) economy will do for not only business but also our natural world. Look at the growth in CSR (corporate social responsibilty) and SRI (socially responsible investing) over the last 5 years.  The trends are growing more green but the key is to show that it does actually pay to invest in sustainability.  

  RE: birdboys' comments:  I do agree that, on the whole, there is a trend that conservatives aren't about conserving (at least not like the Teddy Roosevelt's of the past -- but he was more populous than neo-con) but I do think the trend is starting to lean the other direction.  Recently, Sam Brownbeck (R-KS) declared that since we are "stewards" of God's green earth we should be caring for  it, not exploiting it.  Couldn't have said it better myself.  Also, there is a strong religious movement (especially coming out of the christian right) that preaches similar doctrines about conserving God's gift (the earth) to mankind.  

  Whether you are a believer or not, we all (religious greenies, hippies and scientists) share a common goal of not allowing this natural world go to waste under corporate dominated profit margins and unregulated markets.  However, I don't think I could sit down with them and have a convo about abortion or international policy.  That would only result in a rather intense food fight (which I would win because hippies aren't afraid to get messy).    

  Jay Els Educate, Motivate and Bring About Change. www.ran.org

  On The Arctic Refuge isn't everything posted 3 years, 10 months ago 7 Responses