Here here, right on, bravo, and hail to you for responding so gently and
eloguently to Dan's rather crass remark re: EPA. Hey, it's a global
issue Dan, so take the 2.5 seconds it requires to read the e-message and
be GLAD that someone cares about our planet!
Enough said! Lee Langston-Harrison, curator, of a tiny institution in
Virginia (US). [log in to unmask]
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> On 23 Feb. 1995, an upset Dan Miles wrote a harsh message about an
> Environmental Defense Fund post he received.
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> Dan: The US is just a geographical expression for a part of the planet we
> share. As things go, the legislative body for this geographic area and its
> inhabitants is something of a trend-setter when it comes to a lot of things.
> Environmental protection (or the lack of same depending on one's pov) is
> one of these trendy areas. Sometimes we need to heed the saying "As the US
> goes, so goes much of the rest of the world."
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> Believe it or not, a lot of us "USAnians" would be extremely interested, for
> instance, if the Australian government was wrestling with issues pertaining
> to the Great Barrier Reef, the duckbill platypus, Aboriginal art, the
> country's educational infrastructure, etc.
>
> The Internet is weird. It brings us all closer and in doing so, makes our
> world virtually borderless. This isn't such a bad way of looking at things
> once you get used to it. The best part of this whole Internet business is
> the appreciation one develops for looking at the Earth as a total living
> system. I think its called "Gaia." It's sort of the modern-day version of
> Pangaea. (Or, is it Gondwanaland and Laurasia, you know how these
> geographical expressions keep moving around.)
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> Shasta Natural Science Association Redding Arboretum By The River
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