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| Nycoto... |
 Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 4:49 am |
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I know I may be opening myself up for criticism here and what with
this being my first post...
For the most part, and correct me if I'm wrong but...part of our
religion (might?/should?) include some kind of Eco-friendliness right?
I mean we all know that "we" as a species are causing a large part of
the damage being done to our "Mother Earth". The Amazon Rain forest is
being deforested at an alarming rate...many animals are being pushed
to the brink of extinction...Global Warming...the draining of fossil
fuels...all that nasty stuff...and we "Love" the Earth don't we? I
know that many, if not most of us are trying to live "green" lives,
planting trees, driving Hybrid cars or pedaling bikes, involving
ourselves in Eco-friendly groups and are generally activists in one
way or another. Trying to do our part to help stave off catastrophe
whether it's saving to afford solar paneling for our homes or trying
to raise awareness about the ecological situation on our planet, even
if that means sermonizing our friends and relatives...but....don't you
think it's strange that you can't find a larger portion of the books
we read and write and publish about our faith in digital format? One
would think that for a group of people that "Love" the Earth, whose
whole spirituality is centered around it, even...would stop printing
on paper(murdered trees)...do you guys think that's weird or am I just
wrong?
Of course the possibility exists that all these books are being
printed on recycled paper in which case this point is moot, but would
it be better for everyone if we didn't use paper at all or at least
drastically less? I don't know...your opinions are welcome.
Luz!
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| Paul Hume... |
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 5:04 am |
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Most pulpwood is harvested from tree plantations maintained for that
purpose. Old growth forestry accounts for less than 10% of it
(hardwoods are too valuable and make bad pulp to boot). |
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| Evergreen... |
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:14 pm |
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On alt.religion.wicca, Nycoto <nycoto at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: I know I may be opening myself up for criticism here and what
with this being my first post...
For the most part, and correct me if I'm wrong but...part
of our religion (might?/should?) include some kind of
Eco-friendliness right? I mean we all know that "we" as a
species are causing a large part of the damage being done to
our "Mother Earth". The Amazon Rain forest is being deforested
at an alarming rate...many animals are being pushed to the
brink of extinction...Global Warming...the draining of fossil
fuels...all that nasty stuff...and we "Love" the Earth don't
we? I know that many, if not most of us are trying to live
"green" lives, planting trees, driving Hybrid cars or pedaling
bikes, involving ourselves in Eco-friendly groups and are
generally activists in one way or another. Trying to do
our part to help stave off catastrophe whether it's saving
to afford solar paneling for our homes or trying to raise
awareness about the ecological situation on our planet, even if
that means sermonizing our friends and relatives...but....don't
you think it's strange that you can't find a larger portion
of the books we read and write and publish about our faith in
digital format? One would think that for a group of people that
"Love" the Earth, whose whole spirituality is centered around
it, even...would stop printing on paper(murdered trees)...do
you guys think that's weird or am I just wrong? Of course the
possibility exists that all these books are being printed on
recycled paper in which case this point is moot, but would
it be better for everyone if we didn't use paper at all or
at least drastically less? I don't know...your opinions are
welcome.
Luz! N
The mainstream environmental movement, which you have presented
above as being effective, is a corporate-sponsored sham.
For starters, There is nothing more destructive than the private
automobile, its production and road and service and fueling
infrastructures.
To even begin the process of making a car requires an iron
ore mine, a limestone quarry, and a coal mine (these for
making steel).
What comes out of their tailpipes is but a tiny percentage of
environmental damage this technological super-over-indulgence
is responsible for.
There will be an Earth-friendly private car when there is a
peaceful weapon of mass destruction. In both cases the concepts
are absurd.
Wiccans need to become _real_ environmentalists, not sham
environmentalists.
Right now, the people who consider themselves to be dedicated
environmentalists have ecological footprints that are hundreds
of times as large as the planetary average. They are, in fact,
the people who are trashing this planet.
It cracks me up to see someone in a natural foods store making
a big deal about using cloth grocery bags, which reduce their
ecological footprint by a tiny, tiny percentage, put animal
flesh they've purchased in those bags, which increases their
ecological footprint by 3500% and more. Then they go out and
get in their four-wheeled-planet-killers, which increase their
ecological footprints by 5000% or more.
Such self-deceipt is pathological.
Sid
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Sidney Lambe
Wiccan Priest and Apprentice Magician
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| Baird Stafford... |
| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 2:21 pm |
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In article
<6bd147e2-0753-402f-bd07-65a346ab1fc2 at (no spam) g1g2000vbr.googlegroups.com>,
Nycoto <nycoto at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
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Quote: ...don't you think it's strange that you can't find a larger portion of
the books we read and write and publish about our faith in digital
format? One would think that for a group of people that "Love" the
Earth, whose whole spirituality is centered around it, even...would
stop printing on paper(murdered trees)...do you guys think that's
weird or am I just wrong?
Dreaming a little, perhaps. Unless and until all digital books are
published in the same format, and that format is set in stone (so to
speak) and not altered every time somebody wants to make a little more
money, I, for one, shall stick with books that I'll still be able to
read in twenty years and not waste money on booms I *might* still be
able to read in five.
<snip>
Blessed be,
Baird
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