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  Response to: Austerity

  I don't have time to respond to much of that, but I will respond to two points.

  First I believe that a stronger message means less compromise not more.

  Second, to this point..
  "So what we need to do (as an environmental movement)is stop revering nature because it turns off impoverished urban voters and those in the under developed world?...Class warfare will only alienate crucial moderate swing voters."

  I think that talking about posterity is actually a great way to reach moderates, conservatives and everyone.On A guest essay by Arthur Coulston posted 3 years, 8 months ago 26 Responses

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  "Saying that enviros are prejudiced because some of us prioritize non-humans over humans is as ridiculous as it is offensive... Enviros should NEVER stop advocating for non-humans."

  First if you prioritize a non-human over a human you are by definition prejedice against humans. (prejedice:A preconceived preference or idea.)  But that is not the prejedice I was talking about in the essay anyway so.

  Second I did not say that enviros should stop advocating for non-humans.  What I am saying is that enviros are mixing there advocacy for non-humans (a value they share with fewer people) with there advocacy of posterity and that this is at the cost of a stronger posterity movement that could generate major progress on climate change and other posterity issues.  

  Enviros need to work with others as a part of a posterity movement, but to work with others you have to recognize which values you share and which values you do not.On A guest essay by Arthur Coulston posted 3 years, 8 months ago 26 Responses

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  thanks keith

  On A guest essay by Arthur Coulston posted 3 years, 8 months ago 26 Responses

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  Global Warming Breifing IPCC to Bush

  Earlier this month someone uncovered this breifing from the IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change) prepared for George W. Bush.  This document shows how much the President knows and how close he has actually been communicating with the IPCC about climate change.

  originally posted hereOn Heard the one about the eco-mag looking for jokes? posted 3 years, 10 months ago 6 Responses