[Greenbuilding] Martha Stewart

Steven Tjiang steve at tjiang.org
Sat Feb 12 15:52:24 CST 2011


What does "better" mean when there is nobody around to appreciate "better"?
What does "better" mean when there is nobody to discriminate "better" from
"just plain old non-existence"?  Hmmmm....I think I'll just go do some yoga
now before my brain explodes.

---- Steve (KZ6LSD)


On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Ron Cascio <roncascio at verizon.net> wrote:

> Yes Gennaro, I think you are correct in that the planet would surely be
> better off without us. Much better.
>
> But I doubt we are going to give up our home that easily, so we would be
> wise to concentrate on how to better live on this blue/green ball spinning
> through time and space rather than dream about some kind of escape capsule
> that we will likely never be able to engineer... or afford, for even a
> handful of the billions of us.
>
> Ron
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gennaro Brooks-Church" <
> info at ecobrooklyn.com>
> To: "Green Building" <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 8:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Martha Stewart
>
>
> Ron I'm not sure how vital us humans are to earth.
> Maybe somebody can remind me but from what I remember us humans have
> been on the earth for about 1% of it's life. And who knows how long we
> last.
>
> In time the human infestation of earth may be remembered as a short
> lived irritant in earths long life.
>
> And just to mix things up a little, I think it is the epitome of
> arrogance to think humans are the only space travelers in this vast
> universe.
> My bets are that we are a designated nature preserve very much like
> certain cavemen tribes are in places like the Andaman islands or
> Borneo. The aliens are keeping us isolated so we are not tainted by
> the issues of modern society (their modern society).
>
> Gennaro Brooks-Church
>
> Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
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>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Ron Cascio <roncascio at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Greenwashing taken to the limits of space.
>>
>> Dream on.
>>
>> We already have a home, and we have evolved as a vital part of it.
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynelle Hamilton"
>> <lynelle at lahamilton.com>
>> To: "Green Building" <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
>> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 6:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Martha Stewart
>>
>>
>> With polished silver tea service on board, I'm certain....
>>
>> Lynelle
>>
>> On 11/02/2011 5:59 PM, Jason Holstine wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Everyone on this thread is more prescient than I imagined...given
>>> today’s announcement that Martha Stewart is teaming with Sir Richard
>>> Branson on a new Space Rocket/Housing Pod—sounds like an RV for space
>>> travel.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/11/11 1:53 PM, "Benjamin Pratt" <benjamin.g.pratt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't have an issue with dreaming optimistically about the future. I
>>> do have a problem with spending incredible amounts of resources and
>>> money exploring the universe when it could be put to much better
>>> use--toward research on the environment solutions to save our planet,
>>> for example.
>>> Ben
>>>
>>>
>>> b e n j a m i n p r a t t
>>>
>>> professor art+design
>>> the university of wisconsin stout
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