Re: We are soon making the decision to bring or not bring gas to the community | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Sharon Villines (sharonsharonvillines.com) | |
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:17:31 -0800 (PST) |
> On Nov 30, 2020, at 1:00 PM, Jenny Guy <jenstermeister [at] gmail.com> wrote: > Here's something else I wonder about: our buildings have been here for 80 > years without air conditioning. [snip] When I was a kid, it was unthinkable > that anyone > would have air conditioning in San Francisco, but now it's full Pollution. Air pollution. Noise pollution. Not just from exhausts, from all the activity that keeps the “cement dust” moving. Changes in planting for the convenience of cleaners but produce higher pollution. Stuff like that. I think it also has to do with higher stress levels. Or ambition. We put in AC so we can work harder and faster even when it is 100 degrees out there. We don’t have to get up early to avoid the heat. We don’t take siestas. One of the book reports I haven’t written is on “Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives,” It is cowritten by a professor of Anthropology and International Studies at Brown University and her analysis is from a totally different direction than we usually hear. She examines how expectations of children have been changed. It isn’t just that cars made more activities available but we expect kids to "take advantage" of all those activities. I used to sit in a big elm tree and read books for hours. How many parents worry about children who don’t have any “activities" this week? Carjacked shows how our lives have changed without our being aware of it once we have a car. Sharon ——— Sharon Villines http://affordablecohousing.com affordablecohousing [at] groups.io
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