Re: Environmental values | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: normangauss (normangausscharter.net) | |
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:38:04 -0800 (PST) |
There are two interpretations of "caring for the environment". One is local, the other is global. The local view emphasizes caring for the community's environment. This means minimizing landscape water use in dry climates, setting up no-smoking zones, using fragrance-free laundry products, keeping wood smoke down to a bare minimum, avoiding pesticides and chemical fertilizers, refraining from polluting the air with power lawn mowers or diesel engines, or unnecessarily idling your car. The global view includes recycling, using green building materials, minimizing pollution of the water table or river, driving fuel-efficient vehicles, minimizing refuse that is dumped in landfills, etc. These practices may have little to do with the immediate environment of the community, but they are considered good for the earth's environment. The former can be written into an agreement, because the results of these practices affects everybody in the community. The latter is more politically correct among liberals, and may not be subscribed to by all cohousing residents, nor does it need to be. One can drive a gas guzzler and throw all his/her trash in the garbage bin and still be an acceptable member of a community. But smokers or users of Roundup would have a tough time in our community. Norm Gauss Oak Creek Commons Paso Robles, CA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maggi Rohde" <maggi [at] intranet.org> To: "Developing cohousing - collaborative housing communities" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 6:03 PM Subject: [C-L]_ Environmental values > Our community is beginning to consider our values surrounding > environmental concerns. We had a successful weekend retreat in which > we made a list of our values, but although "caring for the environment" > was on the list, we are having trouble nailing down exactly what this > means. > > I am interested to hear what other communities have done to identify > common environmental values. > > Thanks! > -Maggi Rohde > Touchstone Cohousing, Ann Arbor, MI > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L/ > >
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RE: Environmental values Rob Sandelin, March 12 2005
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RE: Environmental values Kevin Wolf, March 12 2005
- RE: Environmental values Matt Lawrence, March 14 2005
- RE: Environmental values Tree Bressen, March 14 2005
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RE: Environmental values Kevin Wolf, March 12 2005
- Re: Environmental values normangauss, March 12 2005
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RE: Environmental values Rob Sandelin, March 12 2005
- Re: Environmental values Odysseus Levy, March 13 2005
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