Re: sustainable living
"Kit" <[email protected]> Mon, 5 Jun 2006 22:17:16 -0700
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0443_01C688ED.CD6EDFA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hmmm,=20 Do I smell some elitist snobbery going on here?! While these are = obviously not folks I'd hang with....not in a million years. Nor do I = share their taste in architecture....what's with the put-down?!!! = Why aren't all types welcome in the endeavor? Do y'all want to 'own' = sustainablity and only let people you=20 think are hip to your singular vision to 'join' in. =20 Not sure about that Hummer.....but it's got to be some sort of tour = vehicle, no? I'll give them the benefit of the doubt....and it's not = running on hydrocarbon.=20 As far as I see it .....I'll be screwed anyway til people with more = money than I have start using the tech and bring the prices down. = That's just the way it is....unless=20 you can build it yourself.=20 Kit=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: margot garcia=20 To: [email protected]=20 Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [Ecobal]sustainable living i agree...the blonde bimbo breathlessly claiming to value = sustainability and natural lifestyle while sporting industrial-strength = make up reminiscent of tami faye bakker certainly challenges one's = patience...the website looks like a new age version of jane and = tarzan...may we envision and create a genuinely healthy and humane = sustainable future...margot/boston -------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- From: Lloyd Chittenden <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Ecobal]sustainable living Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:59:45 -0700 >forest wrote: > >>last nite on coast to coast radio i heard some info about this=20 >>group trying >>to create a more sustainable earth in all various ways at low cost = >>and was >>quite inspired by their rap and progress....so, i wanted to share=20 >>their >>website.... http://www.worldsnest.com/html/solar.html aloha, >> >> >I heard this show as well and it sounded very cool. I checked out=20 >the web site, and it is really weird. I found the web site very=20 >off-putting. That's nice that their house produces the fuel that=20 >runs their enormous stretch Hummer limousine. I think it is more=20 >telling that they have an enormous stretch Hummer limousine. This=20 >is the kind of sustainability that the super rich can have, I don't = >see what value it has for the rest of us. That house must have = cost=20 >at least ten million dollars. Barbara Streisand will probably get = a=20 >house like that, the rest of us are still screwed. It's not clear=20 >from the web site what they are doing besides building their own=20 >sustainable mansion, not that there is anything wrong with that (I=20 >would do it too, if I had the money), but I don't see what good it=20 >does for the rest of us. I'm really not sure what to make of these = >people. > >Lloyd Chittenden > >------------------------------------------------ >To subscribe or unsubscribe to ecobalance go to: >http://www.ecovillage.org/ecobalance/index.html >------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- All-in-one PC Care. Get the free beta be eligible for special pricing. = ------------------------------------------------ To subscribe or = unsubscribe to ecobalance go to: = http://www.ecovillage.org/ecobalance/index.html = ------------------------------------------------ ------=_NextPart_000_0443_01C688ED.CD6EDFA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hmmm, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Do I smell some elitist snobbery going = on=20 here?! While these are obviously not folks I'd = hang=20 with....not in a million years. Nor do I share their taste = in=20 architecture....what's with the=20 put-down?!!! Why aren't all = types=20 welcome in the endeavor? Do y'all want to 'own' = sustainablity=20 and only let people you </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>think are hip to your singular vision = to 'join'=20 in. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Not sure about that Hummer.....but it's = got to be=20 some sort of tour vehicle, no? I'll give them the = benefit of=20 the doubt....and it's not running on hydrocarbon. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As far as I see it .....I'll be screwed = anyway til=20 people with more money than I have start using the tech and bring the = prices=20 down. That's just the way it is....unless </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>you can build it yourself. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Kit </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A [email protected]=20 href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">margot garcia</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Decobalance-2iSaJU4aUN7WFhc27bUgymD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org=20 = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]= ge.org</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 05, 2006 = 5:59 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: = [Ecobal]sustainable=20 living</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <P><BR><BR></P> <DIV class=3DRTE> <P>i agree...the blonde bimbo breathlessly claiming to value=20 sustainability and natural lifestyle while sporting = industrial-strength make=20 up reminiscent of tami faye bakker certainly challenges one's = patience...the=20 website looks like a new age version of jane and tarzan...may we = envision and=20 create a genuinely healthy and humane sustainable=20 future...margot/boston<BR><BR></P></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #a0c6e5 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma,sans-serif"> <HR color=3D#a0c6e5 SIZE=3D1> <DIV></DIV>From: <I>Lloyd Chittenden=20 = <[email protected]></I><BR>Reply-To: <I><eco= [email protected]></I><BR>To: <I>ecobalance@list= s.ecovillage.org</I><BR>Subject: <I>Re:=20 [Ecobal]sustainable living</I><BR>Date: <I>Mon, 05 Jun = 2006=20 16:59:45 -0700</I><BR>>forest wrote:<BR>><BR>>>last nite = on=20 coast to coast radio i heard some info about this <BR>>>group=20 trying<BR>>>to create a more sustainable earth in all various = ways at=20 low cost <BR>>>and was<BR>>>quite inspired by their rap = and=20 progress....so, i wanted to share=20 <BR>>>their<BR>>>website.... =20 = http://www.worldsnest.com/html/solar.html aloha,<B= R>>><BR>>><BR>>I=20 heard this show as well and it sounded very cool. I = checked out=20 <BR>>the web site, and it is really weird. I found the = web=20 site very <BR>>off-putting. That's nice that their = house=20 produces the fuel that <BR>>runs their enormous stretch Hummer=20 limousine. I think it is more <BR>>telling that they = have an=20 enormous stretch Hummer limousine. This <BR>>is the = kind of=20 sustainability that the super rich can have, I don't <BR>>see = what value=20 it has for the rest of us. That house must have cost = <BR>>at=20 least ten million dollars. Barbara Streisand will = probably get a=20 <BR>>house like that, the rest of us are still = screwed. It's=20 not clear <BR>>from the web site what they are doing besides = building=20 their own <BR>>sustainable mansion, not that there is anything = wrong with=20 that (I <BR>>would do it too, if I had the money), but I don't = see what=20 good it <BR>>does for the rest of us. I'm really not = sure what=20 to make of these <BR>>people.<BR>><BR>>Lloyd=20 = Chittenden<BR>><BR>>-----------------------------------------------= -<BR>>To=20 subscribe or unsubscribe to ecobalance go=20 = to:<BR>>http://www.ecovillage.org/ecobalance/index.html<BR>>-------= -----------------------------------------<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><B= R=20 clear=3Dall> <HR> <A href=3D"http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2755??PS=3D47575" = target=3D_top>All-in-one PC=20 Care. Get the free beta be eligible for special pricing.=20 </A>------------------------------------------------ To subscribe or=20 unsubscribe to ecobalance go to:=20 http://www.ecovillage.org/ecobalance/index.html=20 ------------------------------------------------ = </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0443_01C688ED.CD6EDFA0-- ------------------------------------------------ To subscribe or unsubscribe to ecobalance go to: http://www.ecovillage.org/ecobalance/index.html ------------------------------------------------