Earth Day, 2009
Earth Day is here again. Last year there seemed to be a buzz for a few weeks, then it faded away. There was a bit of a resurgence when oil prices spiked, causing gasoline to skyrocket passed $4/gallon. SUV and truck sales did a nosedive and dealers couldn't keep smaller, more efficient cars on the lot. Then..., gas prices dipped, below $1.50/gallon in the Kalamazoo area. Then we hit a financial crisis and that's about where we stand.
Our environmentally challenged existence is still here. The economic crisis is an immediate concern. But we can't ignore what we've started. Climate change, bulging landfills, contaminated waters. What is in our waters is uncertain, even the experts are unsure what is safe and what is unsafe. Read this excerpt from the PBS FRONTLINE "Poisoned Waters" discussion. You can view the entire program HERE.
The economic cost is staggering when you look at all factors such as increased health care and clean-up costs. What legacy will we leave for our children? I would like to think we can leave the triple bottom line: economic, environmental and social well being.
Our environmentally challenged existence is still here. The economic crisis is an immediate concern. But we can't ignore what we've started. Climate change, bulging landfills, contaminated waters. What is in our waters is uncertain, even the experts are unsure what is safe and what is unsafe. Read this excerpt from the PBS FRONTLINE "Poisoned Waters" discussion. You can view the entire program HERE.
The economic cost is staggering when you look at all factors such as increased health care and clean-up costs. What legacy will we leave for our children? I would like to think we can leave the triple bottom line: economic, environmental and social well being.
Hi John. Thanks for your comments on the greenwashing post. Sounds like you're doing good stuff. Please keep in touch via ecopreneurist.com.
Jennifer
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Hi John (and Jennifer) . . .
Another Earth Day has come and gone since this blog entry was posted, and another is only half a year away. Have we made progress?
Will our kids want to relax on the patio and breathe in the air and drink lemonade made from tap water. That's already a lost dream for some localities.
Economic, environmental, and social . . . Can we have it all?
I'm asking . . .
John H
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We're trying. I think it's creeping along and as a whole we're making some inroads. And it's tough in these economic times, as people are worried about their economic condition (in survival mode), The focus is that and can not add the additional baggage of the state the environment. Of course if something goes bad environmentally, we can't get that back. Looking at the Gulf Oil Spill, the billions spent there, the long term effect environmentally and how it affects the people of that region---we have to have it all.
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