Comments on: Green Building Writer Goes on Rant http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/01/11/green-building-writer-goes-on-rant/ Reporting on Sustainably Built Environments from Bricks to Cities Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:57:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Report Says Some Climate Change is Irreversible : Green Building Elements http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/01/11/green-building-writer-goes-on-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-20018 Report Says Some Climate Change is Irreversible : Green Building Elements Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:21:12 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=830#comment-20018 [...] After pondering for a while, I realized what I must do - I must become a “super greenie!”  [No, that does not mean I put on a green leotard and cape, flying around, saving the planet from the forces of Carbon Dioxide (my Arch Enemy, of course).  :)  ]  What it does mean is that I have to step up my actions, and do even more of the thinking that I advocated on my rant. [...] [...] After pondering for a while, I realized what I must do – I must become a “super greenie!”  [No, that does not mean I put on a green leotard and cape, flying around, saving the planet from the forces of Carbon Dioxide (my Arch Enemy, of course).  :)   ]  What it does mean is that I have to step up my actions, and do even more of the thinking that I advocated on my rant. [...]

]]> By: Sally http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/01/11/green-building-writer-goes-on-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-19200 Sally Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:49:02 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=830#comment-19200 Rant on! Maybe it was the full moon, but I find myself thinking exactly the same way lately. And it really hit home when my 9-year-old asked me, "Mom, what are we doing to help the polar bears?" It's time everyone at least as a first step start to understand or recognize that our daily lives--how we work, live, play, shop, etc.--has an effect on the planet and future generations. Perhaps the economic downturn will be a silver lining for the environmental movement as people will have to start doing more with less?! Rant on! Maybe it was the full moon, but I find myself thinking exactly the same way lately. And it really hit home when my 9-year-old asked me, “Mom, what are we doing to help the polar bears?” It’s time everyone at least as a first step start to understand or recognize that our daily lives–how we work, live, play, shop, etc.–has an effect on the planet and future generations. Perhaps the economic downturn will be a silver lining for the environmental movement as people will have to start doing more with less?!

]]> By: Sally http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/01/11/green-building-writer-goes-on-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-98568 Sally Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:49:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=830#comment-98568 Rant on! Maybe it was the full moon, but I find myself thinking exactly the same way lately. And it really hit home when my 9-year-old asked me, "Mom, what are we doing to help the polar bears?" It's time everyone at least as a first step start to understand or recognize that our daily lives--how we work, live, play, shop, etc.--has an effect on the planet and future generations. Perhaps the economic downturn will be a silver lining for the environmental movement as people will have to start doing more with less?! Rant on! Maybe it was the full moon, but I find myself thinking exactly the same way lately. And it really hit home when my 9-year-old asked me, “Mom, what are we doing to help the polar bears?” It’s time everyone at least as a first step start to understand or recognize that our daily lives–how we work, live, play, shop, etc.–has an effect on the planet and future generations. Perhaps the economic downturn will be a silver lining for the environmental movement as people will have to start doing more with less?!

]]> By: James http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/01/11/green-building-writer-goes-on-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-19164 James Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:54:11 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=830#comment-19164 Things are undoubtedly moving in the right direction, but for them to continue in this direction the effort cannot lose its authenticity. The statement "whether global warming is a myth" and those like it should be avoided. Scientific evidence proves the warming trends alone; very few dispute global warming. What people dispute is its cause and the role man in the warming; Science is not to a point to definitively know the role of man. And as long as the majority support the effort to be more environmentally sensitive in their decisions, why insert this contentious statement? Let science work its course. Faulty statements on this issue become the focus of a reader's attention and an entire opinion can be discarded as not factual. To remain relevant, the facts must be the focus. Things are undoubtedly moving in the right direction, but for them to continue in this direction the effort cannot lose its authenticity.

The statement “whether global warming is a myth” and those like it should be avoided. Scientific evidence proves the warming trends alone; very few dispute global warming. What people dispute is its cause and the role man in the warming; Science is not to a point to definitively know the role of man. And as long as the majority support the effort to be more environmentally sensitive in their decisions, why insert this contentious statement? Let science work its course.

Faulty statements on this issue become the focus of a reader’s attention and an entire opinion can be discarded as not factual. To remain relevant, the facts must be the focus.

]]> By: James http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/01/11/green-building-writer-goes-on-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-98567 James Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:54:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=830#comment-98567 Things are undoubtedly moving in the right direction, but for them to continue in this direction the effort cannot lose its authenticity. The statement "whether global warming is a myth" and those like it should be avoided. Scientific evidence proves the warming trends alone; very few dispute global warming. What people dispute is its cause and the role man in the warming; Science is not to a point to definitively know the role of man. And as long as the majority support the effort to be more environmentally sensitive in their decisions, why insert this contentious statement? Let science work its course. Faulty statements on this issue become the focus of a reader's attention and an entire opinion can be discarded as not factual. To remain relevant, the facts must be the focus. Things are undoubtedly moving in the right direction, but for them to continue in this direction the effort cannot lose its authenticity.

The statement “whether global warming is a myth” and those like it should be avoided. Scientific evidence proves the warming trends alone; very few dispute global warming. What people dispute is its cause and the role man in the warming; Science is not to a point to definitively know the role of man. And as long as the majority support the effort to be more environmentally sensitive in their decisions, why insert this contentious statement? Let science work its course.

Faulty statements on this issue become the focus of a reader’s attention and an entire opinion can be discarded as not factual. To remain relevant, the facts must be the focus.

]]> By: Sandy Guerriere http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/01/11/green-building-writer-goes-on-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-19147 Sandy Guerriere Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:45:27 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=830#comment-19147 Great article, and venting is good... Green building is about what's good for the environment, the planet and all future generations. It's a positive direction and here to stay. There are only 3 kinds of people in the world. - Those who MAKE things happen, those who WATCH things happen, and those who say, WHAT happened. We each decide, we can get on the Green Building wagon or get left in the dust.... You go girl! Sandy Great article, and venting is good…
Green building is about what’s good for the environment, the planet and all future generations.
It’s a positive direction and here to stay.
There are only 3 kinds of people in the world. –
Those who MAKE things happen, those who WATCH things happen, and those who say, WHAT happened.

We each decide, we can get on the Green Building wagon or get left in the dust….

You go girl!
Sandy

]]> By: Sandy Guerriere http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/01/11/green-building-writer-goes-on-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-98566 Sandy Guerriere Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:45:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=830#comment-98566 Great article, and venting is good... Green building is about what's good for the environment, the planet and all future generations. It's a positive direction and here to stay. There are only 3 kinds of people in the world. - Those who MAKE things happen, those who WATCH things happen, and those who say, WHAT happened. We each decide, we can get on the Green Building wagon or get left in the dust.... You go girl! Sandy Great article, and venting is good…
Green building is about what’s good for the environment, the planet and all future generations.
It’s a positive direction and here to stay.
There are only 3 kinds of people in the world. –
Those who MAKE things happen, those who WATCH things happen, and those who say, WHAT happened.

We each decide, we can get on the Green Building wagon or get left in the dust….

You go girl!
Sandy

]]> By: Dan http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/01/11/green-building-writer-goes-on-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-19068 Dan Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:57:34 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=830#comment-19068 Idiots will always vastly outnumber the wise and until you can change that fact you will not get change without strict enforcement of appropriate regulations, but you will not be able to establish universally agreed upon regulations until idiots are no longer in the majority. All physical changes start with a change of mind/s and that is where you need to start. People need to more wisdom, but how do you ensure that the next generation will be wise than the last, what steps must you take in raising and educating them? Idiots will always vastly outnumber the wise and until you can change that fact you will not get change without strict enforcement of appropriate regulations, but you will not be able to establish universally agreed upon regulations until idiots are no longer in the majority.

All physical changes start with a change of mind/s and that is where you need to start. People need to more wisdom, but how do you ensure that the next generation will be wise than the last, what steps must you take in raising and educating them?

]]> By: Dan http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/01/11/green-building-writer-goes-on-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-98565 Dan Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:57:00 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=830#comment-98565 Idiots will always vastly outnumber the wise and until you can change that fact you will not get change without strict enforcement of appropriate regulations, but you will not be able to establish universally agreed upon regulations until idiots are no longer in the majority. All physical changes start with a change of mind/s and that is where you need to start. People need to more wisdom, but how do you ensure that the next generation will be wise than the last, what steps must you take in raising and educating them? Idiots will always vastly outnumber the wise and until you can change that fact you will not get change without strict enforcement of appropriate regulations, but you will not be able to establish universally agreed upon regulations until idiots are no longer in the majority.

All physical changes start with a change of mind/s and that is where you need to start. People need to more wisdom, but how do you ensure that the next generation will be wise than the last, what steps must you take in raising and educating them?

]]> By: Dawn Killough http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/01/11/green-building-writer-goes-on-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-19063 Dawn Killough Sun, 11 Jan 2009 17:48:37 +0000 http://greenbuildingelements.com/?p=830#comment-19063 Allison, you've hit the nail on the head. We NEED a fundamental change in attitude. We NEED to rethink our priorities, as a nation, as a race, and as a global community. As long as we see ourselves as the "supreme beings," we will never recognize the threat we pose TO OURSELVES! Thanks for your comment. Allison, you’ve hit the nail on the head. We NEED a fundamental change in attitude. We NEED to rethink our priorities, as a nation, as a race, and as a global community. As long as we see ourselves as the “supreme beings,” we will never recognize the threat we pose TO OURSELVES!

Thanks for your comment.

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