ENVIRONMENT DAY
As you were driving home last night, what struck you as the most surprising thing that you learned at yesterday's session? Have you made a personal resolve to change something about your lifestyle as a result of this program day? What do you see as the biggest environmental issue facing New Hampshire? Did you hear any good news yesterday? How have you described yesterday to your family or co-workers?
This is your chance to continue the dialogue with each other!
This is your chance to continue the dialogue with each other!
posted by LNH07 at 7:16 AM
4 Comments:
Great day yesterday. I'm glad that we didn't discuss the number of planets supporting my life style ... I was doing good until I added my Derry to Keene commute.
-10 in Derry and -20 in Keene ... is it politically correct to sign off with "stay warm" ???
While this wasn't on the day's goals, I think that energy should included as in the program goals. There was an article in the Union Leader on Saturday about the rules for towers (they didn't mention your town Jane).
Rather than focus the conversation around "not in my backyard", I think we should focus on what standard of living we want to have and then decide what are the best ways to obtain the energy necessary. Our energy consumption and lifestyle has huge impacts on the environment and land usage.
More on find farms. Cannot have them "not in my backyard" if we don't build more of those huge towers:
http://concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090121/NEWS01/901210349
Good point, Jeremy. Our energy consumption and lifestyles are out of hand.
It is impossible to make people change their lifestyle without an incentive for a "better" life. When for so long a "better" life has been defined as a bigger house, more exotic vacations, and basically more consumption of resources, regardless of where people fall on the economic scale.
Demand-Side Management is not a very catchy topic, and it isn't very fun to think about for ourselves, or for the businesses selling the goods.
Somehow the new standard of living needs to be focused on less, but higher quality. Coming from the construction industry, I often wish cheap products (such as flimsy drywall, VOC's, etc.) would be banned and our infrastructure could only be built with lasting materials - violators would be fined! (now I'm getting carried away...)
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