Tuesday, May 27, 2008
"Environmentalism vs. Conservation"
I think my lifestyle qualifies as "conservationist".
For me, that seems like a reasonable and balanced behavior in a world that we share with other creatures.
I don't think I'm alone...
For me, that seems like a reasonable and balanced behavior in a world that we share with other creatures.
I don't think I'm alone...
At the National Review website, Jonah Goldberg discusses the subject:
"Environmentalism’s most renewable resources are fear, guilt, and moral bullying. Its worldview casts man as a sinful creature who, through the pursuit of forbidden knowledge, abandoned our Edenic past. John Muir, who laid the philosophical foundations of modern environmentalism, described humans as 'selfish, conceited creatures.' Salvation comes from shedding our sins, rejecting our addictions (to oil, consumerism, etc.) and demonstrating an all-encompassing love of Mother Earth. Quoth Al Gore: 'The climate crisis is not a political issue; it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity.'"
