[Greenbuilding] Heretics, Himatics, and Hare Krishna

[Benjamin Pratt]

When I was an undergraduate student in Boston, my friends would go eat
at the Hare Krishna Temple. I never went because, as a rule, I avoid
religion.
At any rate, one member of my group of friends ended-up joining-up
dropping-out, shaving his head, etc.
My theory is that they are counting on a certain percentage of the
free-meal seekers being vulnerable to their brian-washing techniques.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Ben

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn
<info at ecobrooklyn.com> wrote:
> Speaking of meat, I just went to the Hare Krishna temple on 305
> Schermerhorn Street  Brooklyn, NY 11217 for the lunch they offer on
> week days. If you like an amazing meal I strongly suggest it. Truly
> amazing food.
> And it is one of those cool cultural events that make NYC so great.
> If I had to pick a green religion Hare Krishna would be high on my list.
> I'd be interested in seeing carbon footprints of people by religion,
> and whether different religions effects it.
>
> Gennaro Brooks-Church
> Director, Eco Brooklyn Inc.
> Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
> www.EcoBrooklyn.com
> 22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Alan Abrams <alan at abramsdesignbuild.com> wrote:
>> RT-
>>
>> I'm with ya all the way up to the equating of backing off one increment from
>> what some better-educated-than-me individuals on this listserve consider an
>> excessive standard to begin with, with mcmansionism....
>>
>> I'm getting to the point where when a prospective client asks what's the
>> greenest thing I can do for a new kitchen and I say, don't bring any meat
>> into it...no wonder I'm not winning the big contracts...
>>
>> but the point is, a lot of this is about mindset.
>>
>> AA
>>
>>
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>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Reuben Deumling <9watts at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:50 AM, RT <archilogic at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The problem is getting First Worlders to make those lifestyle changes. ie
>>>> Give up the dishwashing machine. Forego the air-conditioner. Skip the
>>>> twice-daily long, hot showers. Walk or bicycle instead of drive. You're
>>>> likely to be met with a "Are you nuts ??? Why would I do that ? I can afford
>>>> these things. "
>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, well, you do make a good point. What is up with the First Worlders
>>> and their entitlement thinking?!
>>>
>>> Another variant I suppose would be to be more explicit about identifying
>>> the tradeoffs, the material and energy consequences of all this
>>> automation--call the First World Entitled folks out on their wussiness.
>>>
>>> E.g.,
>>> + Building X, which is set up for the
>>> Entitled-Who-Love-Automation-And-Creature-Comforts, and uses very little
>>> energy and requires ___ tons of planet to construct & maintain, vs.
>>> + Building Y, which is calibrated to
>>> Occupants-Less-Encumbered-By-A-Narrow-Band-Of-Acceptable-Conditions, and
>>> requires ___ tons of planet to construct & maintain.
>>>
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b e n j a m i n p r a t t

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the university of wisconsin stout