Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Environmental Sensitivity piece

[Four Cat House (seanain]

I find the generalizations funny and off-kilter as well. No one in my 
family is a boomer . . . parents are too old, kids are too young. We 
humans just aren't having kids as young as we used to.
In community,
Seanain

On 6/22/2013 4:45 PM, Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah wrote:
> > Thomas Lofft said:
> > > The woman responded, "Actually, our generation didn't have the
> > > green thing in its day or didn't call it 'green'. We reused
> > > everything,..Children of the great depression are in their 80's, todays young 
> > > folk have parents who are boomers. You really need to update this to something 
> > > more accurate.
> >
> > A respondent wrote
>
> > Dude, that's 20 years out of date.
>
> You are right that some of today's 40 yr olds haven't lived the frugal lifestyle, but I feel you 
> overstate it: I'm in my 60s and re-use and re-purpose many things to this day. A plastic bucket or 
> two are my shopping bags-- they never wear out, don't leak, and are easy to carry. I mend tears, 
> and darn wool socks. I can, freeze, and dry food, and grow food. I use an "old" computer, 
> "old" camera, landline phone, and have no need for a microwave, dishwasher, VCR or TV.
>
> And for what it's worth, my 28 year old daughter and her family (5 of them) 
> live without electricity, have 2 enclosed rooms and a roofed porch, use an 
> outhouse, a cold-water kitchen, and buy most of their stuff second hand.
>
> It's risky to make broad generalizations. I think the point of the original 
> post wasn't to do with anyone's age, but the spectrum of approaches to material 
> things. I enjoyed reading it.