[saymaListserv] Does This Sound Familiar? (Relevant to the Testimony on Truth and the Proposed Testimony on Care of the Ear

[Steve Livingston]

Thanks for your reply, Janet. It seems to me that we might be mutually 
engaged in a search to find what is accurate, or true, and that we benefit 
from sharing what we learn in our communal effort to round out our 
perspective. Therefore I encourage you to share what you have found to 
be inaccurate about the biographies of Lomborg that I have read, as 
well as the endorsements you refer to that he has received from other 
Greenpeace activists.

It seems to me that Lomborg has offered some wisdom on the matter of 
the so-called "Death" of environmentalism, in his references to the great 
progress that has been realized in making business and industry more 
cosiderate of the environment. Is this not precisely because the 
environmental movement has brought stewardship into the global 
consciousness, and conscience?

After the elections last November, there was a lot of talk in the "Liberal 
Media" about the tremendous losses sustained by the Liberal Element of 
our society: maps were drawn to demonstrate how tiny was the support 
of the Blue candidate, and the media declared that the Majority Party 
had won a "mandate" based on something called "moral values". Now a 
bit of time has passed, and it is becoming more clear just what that 
"mandate" was, and what the "values" were that vaulted the current 
leadership into power. 

In "The Death of Environmentalism", Shellenberger and Nordhaus argue 
that environmentalists have failed to energize the public because their 
approach is fear-based rather than visionary. If their observation is 
accurate, it bodes ill for the current anti-environmental regime, because 
their approach is fear-based rather than visionary. How else could they 
convince the people to act against our own better interests and 
judgment to support the most environmentally destructive policy ever 
devised: the policy of war as a diplomatic tool?

If their observation is accurate, it bodes well for the future of 
environmentalism as a spiritual practice, inspiring people to rejoice in 
their service to the earth and to their fellow beings, to practice 
mindfulness of their personal habits and consumption, and to never shy 
away from naming what they see as harmful out of fear that they may be 
perceived as standing in the way of profit-making.

Steve

On 3 May 2005 at 18:58, Janet Minshall wrote:

> Dear Steve Livingston,  Sorry, I think you haven't even read an 
> accurate biography of Lomborg or the several confirmations of his
> activism from other Greenpeace activists. I would expect
> environmentalists whose work he questions to retaliate.
> 
> I am glad that you are open to market-based approaches to cleaning up
> the environment.  Would that others were so open.  Best Regards, Janet
> Minshall
-- 
Steve Livingston
nc_stereoman at charter.net
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