Comments luckygrrrl has made

  • Respectfully,

    I disagree.

    Enviro-activism has to get local, close to families with children and grandchildren.

    We've got to go where they are and make friends: at playgrounds; scout meetings; school board meetings; PTSA meetings; village, town and county legislature meetings; at senior centers. Then we take our new friends to the offices of state and federal representatives, and give em hell.

    Special attention must be given to the intersection of environmental degradation and health and learning issues.

    Hate to say it, but gettin into stuff like biodiversity or saving the monarch butterfly takes learnin, and most people are very busy. Things gotta rank pretty high to get em out to meetings, makin phone calls or writin letters.

    But you start talkin bout that toxic dust and kids' autism or bad air days and asthma, and people get riled up pretty quick.

    Once youve got their attention and youve made a believer out of em, then you can start talkin politics, and other issues.  

    I don't care how much money anyone's got -- look at how much they're hurling at the social security issue, tryin to convince people that private accounts would make it all better -- people arent stupid, and they resent it when politicians try to snow em with fancy PR.

    Sure, term limits or CFR or more effective lobbying might help. But ultimately, the war's fought at ground zero in every town, county and state, not in Washington.

    P.S. Enviro groups need to offer childcare/kids activities so that families can bring their kids to meetings. Finding childcare can be a real b*tch, not to mention prohibitively expensive. Gotta make it easy for folks to get involved. On Enviros recruit Lakoff for reframing project, but concerns mount that he might abandon them posted 4 years, 7 months ago 9 Responses

  • soccer moms begat security moms begat enviro moms.

    Security -- protection -- pick your frame: learning disabilities, behavior and mood disorders are increasingly being linked to pre-and post natal exposure to environmental toxins in the air, soil and water.

    As more of us moms learn about environmental triggers that affect DNA, the developing brain, the endocrine system, and metabolic processes, more of us will start paying attention to how the government has been systematically dismantling the environmental protection systems so that corporations can enjoy maximum profitability.

    Talk to the moms. The moms will talk to the dads. It's that simple.On Enviros recruit Lakoff for reframing project, but concerns mount that he might abandon them posted 4 years, 7 months ago 9 Responses