Comments for Zoopolis

Comment on Leading Against Change by reflectingarea

reflectingarea — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:31:38 +0000

Our Futures Look Bright – Because We Reject the Possibility That Bad Things Will Happen – Association for Psychological Science | http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/our-futures-look-bright-because-we-reject-the-possibility-that-bad-things-will-happen.html

Comment on Lappe’s Eco-Mind & Jensen et al’s Deep Green Resistance: the matter & anti-matter of environmentalism by Matt

Matt — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:30:26 +0000

Hi Andrea,
I thought you might be interested in the following book. http://www.thetigerbook.com/

Matt

Comment on Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? by Matt

Matt — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:14:17 +0000

I am thinking of starting a web site to provide non-commercial information on nutrition and health. We will need to get back to taking care of our own health. Under hyper-capitalism, increasing levels of illness are good for corporations and boost the GDP. The phenomenon of degenerative disease (a very, very modern phenomenon) is a product of processed and refined foods, a toxic environment, and too much stress. Medical schools do not teach historical epidemiology so our doctors are flying blind without a historical context for today’s health problems. Our government’s official advice on nutrition in many repsects has created additional disease (e.g. eliminating saturated animal fat, and over-consuming highly processed vegetable seed oils). Why is soda pop legal or not heavily taxed when it causes more illness than cigarettes and is now considered a direct cause of type II diabetes? Cancer is now the number one cause of death in Canada. I doubt we will be able to afford to spend as much as we now do keeping an 82 year-old person alive for an extra 6 months by using over priced drugs and medical services while the elderly person fumbles around in a drugged stupor. Don’t think for a second the government is looking out for your health or well being. This was a ramble, but I think what I am driving at is that the modern day social safety-net has been pleasant, but it comes with a risk of turning people into sheep with unrealistic expecations of entitlements and of government as a benevolent force. Human responsiblities are just as crucial as human rights. As for the financial services industry – yes, it is rotten to the core.

Comment on Lappe’s Eco-Mind & Jensen et al’s Deep Green Resistance: the matter & anti-matter of environmentalism by Matt

Matt — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:37:07 +0000

Hi Andrea, nicely done, I enjoyed your review. While I haven’t read the books I would say we need both angles, both points of view. We need the Sea Shepherd Society and we need Sierra Legal Defence, and we need Al Gore, and green technology for example. It’s good to push boundaries on all fronts. The older I get the less black and white the world seems and as experience grows, I realize duality is a trick of my own mind to try to rationalize experience.

Comment on Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? by Liz

Liz — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:17:36 +0000

Awesome piece. I just realized that I didn’t have a link to this blog in my blogroll, but that is fixed. It’s on my doorbellqueen blogroll.

Comment on Lappe’s Eco-Mind & Jensen et al’s Deep Green Resistance: the matter & anti-matter of environmentalism by Deep Green Resistance

Deep Green Resistance — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:10:56 +0000

A movement is growing based on the book, co-authored by Derrick Jensen, called Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet. Deep Green Resistance has a plan of action for anyone determined to fight for this planet-and win. If you’ve ever been inspired by Derrick’s work, then here’s where the solutions are. The time for action is now. Now this war has two sides…

98% of the old growth forests are gone. 99% of of the prairies are gone. 80% of the rivers on this planet do not support life anymore. We are out of species, we are out soil, and we are out of time. And what we are being told by most of the environmental movement is that the way to stop all of this is through personal consumer choices. It’s time for a real strategy that truly addresses the scope of our predicament.

Where is your threshold for resistance? To take only one variable out of hundreds: Ninety percent of the large fish in the oceans are already gone. Is it 91 percent? 92? 93? 94? Would you wait till they had killed off 95 percent? 96? 97? 98? 99? How about 100 percent? Would you fight back then?

Good people have stayed silent for too long. We’re tired of ineffective, symbolic acts – piecemeal, reactive, and sad. Now our despair and anger can be matched by an even deeper joy, beyond compare, the joy of beginning to fight back, effectively. We are pleased to announce the formation of DGR Action Groups worldwide. Take the first step and join the resistance.

Learn more about the strategy, find groups that have formed near you, or find out how to start your own group at: 
http://deepgreenresistance.org

Comment on Lappe’s Eco-Mind & Jensen et al’s Deep Green Resistance: the matter & anti-matter of environmentalism by Andrea McDowell

Andrea McDowell — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:42:18 +0000

“Yes” indeed. I feel pretty much the same way most days.

Comment on Lappe’s Eco-Mind & Jensen et al’s Deep Green Resistance: the matter & anti-matter of environmentalism by kaat

kaat — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 03:06:00 +0000

A friend of mine forwarded me your post. To him I commented something in the vein of: “I am torn between these two, and where’s the middle ground to find some relief? Am I laughing or am I crying?”
He answered: “Yes”.

Comment on Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? by Andrea McDowell

Andrea McDowell — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:10:13 +0000

That is pretty scary.

The new conservatism is not a good thing. How do you have a conversation with someone when their entire position is anti-fact?

Comment on Lappe’s Eco-Mind & Jensen et al’s Deep Green Resistance: the matter & anti-matter of environmentalism by Andrea McDowell

Andrea McDowell — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:07:55 +0000

Thanks for the comment, and I’m glad you liked the post.