Comments on: why LOHAS isn't going to save the world http://www.cameronburgess.org/2009/08/why-lohas-isnt-going-to-save-the-world/ musings about my work in social & sustainable enterprise Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:51:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: are religion and sustainability mutually exclusive? « uncompromise http://www.cameronburgess.org/2009/08/why-lohas-isnt-going-to-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-18 are religion and sustainability mutually exclusive? « uncompromise Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:54:22 +0000 http://uncompromise.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-18 [...] a recent post I commented: It’s time for discussions about politics, religion and consumerism to take centre [...] [...] a recent post I commented: It’s time for discussions about politics, religion and consumerism to take centre [...]

]]> By: Debt Settlement Program http://www.cameronburgess.org/2009/08/why-lohas-isnt-going-to-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Debt Settlement Program Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:22:16 +0000 http://uncompromise.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-17 punctilious post. simply one detail where I quarrel with it. I am emailing you in detail. punctilious post. simply one detail where I quarrel with it. I am emailing you in detail.

]]> By: Rowan Barber http://www.cameronburgess.org/2009/08/why-lohas-isnt-going-to-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Rowan Barber Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:05:36 +0000 http://uncompromise.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-16 To the tune of "Hotel California" (Apologies to the Eagles, I really need to learn to write my own melodies.) I had a newtonian moment,... Read more In a post-yoga bliss, But my road to Damascas, Became a Judas's kiss. Coopted by Eco-consumerism sealed LOHAS's fate, Destined now to failure to even get out the gate. While 2.6 Billion people lack designated places for their poos, The marketeers in Byron sell organic leather shoes. Chorus: Lifestyles of health and sustainability, Aint gonna save the world, LOHAS can't save the world, Without ecological sustainability, It's ideology with no ecology.... Organic tomatoes shipped from Equador, Bottled water from Fiji, We cannot save a planet when it still all about me. head to toe organic lycra, They cluster on their bikes, We'd be better off if they drove Hummers than ate carbon intensive diets... Life cycle assessement of health & sustainability, Needs to take account of all the embodied energy... It may be all natural, it may be 99% fat free, but its 100% free of credibility. Chorus... Let's take these conversations from our blogs, cafes & bars, Consumption causes climate change - coal and cows and cars Find your political representatives - Tell them how you feel. We have to let Steve Fielding know that Climate change is real.... To be continued......... To the tune of “Hotel California”

(Apologies to the Eagles, I really need to learn to write my own melodies.)

I had a newtonian moment,… Read more
In a post-yoga bliss,
But my road to Damascas,
Became a Judas’s kiss.
Coopted by Eco-consumerism sealed LOHAS’s fate,
Destined now to failure to even get out the gate.
While 2.6 Billion people lack designated places for their poos,
The marketeers in Byron sell organic leather shoes.

Chorus:
Lifestyles of health and sustainability,
Aint gonna save the world,
LOHAS can’t save the world,
Without ecological sustainability,
It’s ideology with no ecology….

Organic tomatoes shipped from Equador,
Bottled water from Fiji,
We cannot save a planet when it still all about me.
head to toe organic lycra, They cluster on their bikes,
We’d be better off if they drove Hummers than ate carbon intensive diets…
Life cycle assessement of health & sustainability,
Needs to take account of all the embodied energy…
It may be all natural, it may be 99% fat free, but its 100% free of credibility.

Chorus…

Let’s take these conversations from our blogs, cafes & bars,
Consumption causes climate change – coal and cows and cars
Find your political representatives – Tell them how you feel.
We have to let Steve Fielding know that Climate change is real….

To be continued………

]]> By: dpylyp http://www.cameronburgess.org/2009/08/why-lohas-isnt-going-to-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-15 dpylyp Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:12:30 +0000 http://uncompromise.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-15 I took a look at an electric car. Itself a few years away. But what if the power was green self sustaining; maybe energy from your solar panels, feeding back into the grid and charging your car at night. Self sustainability is not a pipe dream, it is the future. I hope that your concept of LOHAS catches on. David Pylyp Living in West Toronto I took a look at an electric car. Itself a few years away. But what if the power was green self sustaining; maybe energy from your solar panels, feeding back into the grid and charging your car at night.

Self sustainability is not a pipe dream, it is the future.
I hope that your concept of LOHAS catches on.

David Pylyp
Living in West Toronto

]]> By: Rowan Barber http://www.cameronburgess.org/2009/08/why-lohas-isnt-going-to-save-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Rowan Barber Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:24:55 +0000 http://uncompromise.wordpress.com/?p=75#comment-14 Cameron, Thank you for thinking this through & putting it in words. The rights of the collective (including developing communities & subsequent generations) has to take precedence of the "rights" of individuals if they compromise the ability of others to meet their human needs. I love the cognitive behavioural approach that you are taking: to identify irrational beliefs that lead to thoughts, feelings & behaviours. regards, Ro Cameron,

Thank you for thinking this through & putting it in words.

The rights of the collective (including developing communities & subsequent generations) has to take precedence of the “rights” of individuals if they compromise the ability of others to meet their human needs.

I love the cognitive behavioural approach that you are taking: to identify irrational beliefs that lead to thoughts, feelings & behaviours.

regards,

Ro

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