Comments Seth Zuckerman has made

  • Fly fishermen, are you watching?

    Hilarious segment.

    It did make me wonder, though, whether there's a difference between darting a deer for sport and trout-fishing with intent to catch-and-release. On The Daily Show is funny again posted 3 years, 2 months ago 4 Responses

  • Ouch

    OK, this plays to several of the worst stereotypes of the environmental movement, but it has stuck with me ever since I heard it a few years ago from a friend who ran a small land trust in northern California:

    What's the difference between a developer and an environmentalist?

    A developer is someone who wants to build a cabin in the woods; an environmentalist is someone who already has one. On Heard the one about the eco-mag looking for jokes? posted 4 years ago 6 Responses

  • A write-in campaign...

    ... in favor of the following entry (not my own), which succinctly blends the need for knowledge and action, with a little dose of humility.

    "Environmentalism is (1) seeking to understand how the things we do affect the complex system sustaining life on Earth and (2) when we find problems, having the courage to act."On Elevator Pitch Contest finalists -- vote! posted 4 years, 8 months ago 15 Responses

  • Elevator pitches and George Lakoff's frames

    Seems like elevator pitches ought to be fine-tuned to the audience that will hear them. Size up your fellow passengers in the lift, and offer the pitch that you suspect might resonate with them.

    You know how George Lakoff (Don't Think of an Elephant, Moral Politics) divides up people's world views into "nurturing parent family" and "strict father family"? It seems that most of the preceeding entries (including my own) are written for people who fall into the "nurturing parent" camp. In the interests of broadening the field for the "strict father" world view, here is another entry for that market segment:

    The Earth is our house, our pantry, and our backyard. God* left us in charge. If we screw it up, boy are we in trouble.  

    * or 'the Goddess,' depending on the listener.On An elevator pitch for environmentalism posted 4 years, 9 months ago 154 Responses

  • Minor tinkering

    On reflection, I think the business about "etiquette" from my earlier post is a little precious for an elevator spiel.  So here's a revised version:

    It would suck if people smoked cigars in elevators. Let's look after our common treasures, like creeks and summer breezes, as well as we look after elevators.  That's environmentalism.On An elevator pitch for environmentalism posted 4 years, 10 months ago 154 Responses

  • Two pitches

    Old approach:

    It would suck if people smoked cigars in elevators. Environmentalism is an etiquette of treating treasures we all share, like rivers and summer breezes, as well as we treat elevators.  

    New approach:

    Nature is a huge family, and humans are just one branch. As in any family, we feel compassion for our relatives.  Coincidentally, our very survival depends on caring for them. On An elevator pitch for environmentalism posted 4 years, 10 months ago 154 Responses