[Terrapreta] Lester Brown

[Douglas Clayton]

Michael, Greg, Duane,

I apologize, I have lead you all astray!  The "doom and gloom" I was  
speaking of was stuff I am feeling in my own heart in response to the  
hard science perspective Lester Brown presents.  You obviously are not  
familiar with his writings as he is all about finding solutions and  
does learn and change over time and would be open to our biochar  
entreaties.  Mr. Brown is relentlessly optimistic and thinks that once  
the imminent danger posed by climate change is recognized we can mount  
a WWII level mobilization to respond to the threat.

And World Watch and Earth Policy are not just Lester Brown.  There are  
many open minded,  dedicated, incredibly sincere people working in  
these organizations.  You have branded them most unfairly!

I think Richard Haard's comment is much more appropriate and useful.

"We need to educate people like Brown about this message to let them  
know there are these changes in cultural practices we should be  
advocating."

I am working on my letter to them.

Doug


On Feb 26, 2008, at 9:26 AM, Michael Bailes wrote:

> Yes I do.
> "Isn't it awful" is a game people play to exercise their jaws.
>
> But there is another reason that many don't want solutions.
> I am sure I read somewhere that 30? 40%? of the USA population believe  
> God's  Armageddon would happen within the next 10 years.
> I guess they are all looking forward to an air-conditioned heaven.
>
> Michael the Archangel
>
> "You can fix all the world's problems in a garden. . . .
>  Most people don't know that"
> FROM
> http://www.blog.thesietch.org/wp-content/permaculture.swf
>
> On 26/02/2008, Greg and April <gregandapril at earthlink.net> wrote:You  
> know, sometimes I really get the funny feeling that allot of the gloom  
> and doom folks just don't want problems solved, by ways other than  
> just exactly how they think it should be done and no more --- so they  
> can prove how right they are.
>>  
>> Does anyone else ever get that feeling?
>>  
>>  
>> Greg H.
>>  
>>
>
> --  
>
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