Re: GBlist: "The Futility of Global Thinking" and Whose Globalization?

["Sarah Kopp" <kopp@kinneret.kinneret.co.il>]

> I don't understand what the big deal is with visiting the wild
>places. I certainly like to visit from time to time. And I certainly
>don't want everyone else there at the same time. I try to make little
>impact and leave little sign of my passing.
> However, I am unconcerned with the small footprint I make and the
>amount of natural byproducts I leave behind since #1) I avoid brittle
>areas and #2) there are uncounted wild animals leaving similar byproducts
>without concern for whether they are beside a stream or not. I leave
>normal organic human waste away from streams where it will not be
>stumbled upon by other visitors.



You are special.  A little Israeli anecdote:

My friend David is an earthship builder; he is currently building an
earthship park with the help of a group of highschool students.  He wanted
to incorporate a lot of bottles and cans into everything, so asked all the
students at the highschool and all the local restaurants to collect bottles
and cans for the project.  Not enough people were participating and he was
running out of time...then he got a lead to the Israel Parks Department.
Within two days they brought him  DUMPTRUCK full of cans and bottles -
people just pitch them out of their car windows onto the side of the road
and it's a full time job in the Parks Department to collect and dispose of
them.  Got a long way to go....

Sarah
Tsfat, Israel

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