[Greenbuilding] Martha Stewart

Sat Feb 12 17:08:40 CST 2011

Steven,

I find it difficult to believe this place is nothing without us. Our stay will be short, relatively. A blip. Then poof. Things will begin to improve the minute we retire. 

Enjoy your yoga. Please don't explode.

Ron
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steven Tjiang 
  To: Green Building 
  Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 4:52 PM
  Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Martha Stewart

  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
    www.EcoBrooklyn.com
    22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231

    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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