Comments on: Suppleness And Going Beyond First Glance http://www.diamondcutlife.org/suppleness-and-going-beyond-first-glance/ Sustainable Living: The Heart Of The Matter Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:24:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Alison http://www.diamondcutlife.org/suppleness-and-going-beyond-first-glance/comment-page-1/#comment-23792 Alison Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:16:55 +0000 http://www.diamondcutlife.org/?p=1445#comment-23792 Lou and Juliet: very well said. Thanks for writing. Lou and Juliet: very well said. Thanks for writing.

]]> By: Crafty Green poet http://www.diamondcutlife.org/suppleness-and-going-beyond-first-glance/comment-page-1/#comment-23758 Crafty Green poet Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:24:14 +0000 http://www.diamondcutlife.org/?p=1445#comment-23758 Very good post, sorry for taking my time to get to it. The UK is likely to get colder as the earth warms as we're likely to lose the Gulf Stream that currently keeps us relatively warm.... it's certainly snowed much more over the past few years than it did for the couple of decades previous to that. It is a real challenge to help people see that a low impact life can still be one filled with joy. Too many people are wedded to consumerism to be able to understand how we can be happy without consuming ever increasing amounts of whatever it is we want to consume. Even greener consumerism isn't sustainable. You and I and a significant number of other people know that but the majority don't and its going to be really difficult to turn things around. Very good post, sorry for taking my time to get to it. The UK is likely to get colder as the earth warms as we’re likely to lose the Gulf Stream that currently keeps us relatively warm…. it’s certainly snowed much more over the past few years than it did for the couple of decades previous to that.

It is a real challenge to help people see that a low impact life can still be one filled with joy. Too many people are wedded to consumerism to be able to understand how we can be happy without consuming ever increasing amounts of whatever it is we want to consume. Even greener consumerism isn’t sustainable. You and I and a significant number of other people know that but the majority don’t and its going to be really difficult to turn things around.

]]> By: Lou Grinzo http://www.diamondcutlife.org/suppleness-and-going-beyond-first-glance/comment-page-1/#comment-23029 Lou Grinzo Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:23:29 +0000 http://www.diamondcutlife.org/?p=1445#comment-23029 Nicely said, as always. A few thoughts: Your comment about using less energy is right, and it points to something we'll have to deal with more often in the future: People assuming that just because they get 100% green electricity as an extra-price option they should use all they want to pay for. Until the electricity supply is largely green, it's still in everyone's best interest for even the people buying 100% clean electricity to use less, since it leaves more for others and therefore makes it easier to phase out fossil fuel sources. After talking to some of my conservative friends and relatives about this, I think the biggest fear they have about a low-carbon future is that it will either be hideously expensive or that they'll be "forced" to give up their car or drive something tiny and underpowered (read: wimpy) that they hate. Trying to put those fears to rest is very tough, as I've found out personally, and it will be an ongoing challenge. Nicely said, as always.

A few thoughts:

Your comment about using less energy is right, and it points to something we’ll have to deal with more often in the future: People assuming that just because they get 100% green electricity as an extra-price option they should use all they want to pay for. Until the electricity supply is largely green, it’s still in everyone’s best interest for even the people buying 100% clean electricity to use less, since it leaves more for others and therefore makes it easier to phase out fossil fuel sources.

After talking to some of my conservative friends and relatives about this, I think the biggest fear they have about a low-carbon future is that it will either be hideously expensive or that they’ll be “forced” to give up their car or drive something tiny and underpowered (read: wimpy) that they hate. Trying to put those fears to rest is very tough, as I’ve found out personally, and it will be an ongoing challenge.

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