I’ve spent my entire life in areas of the country that seem to genuinely look forward to the end so much, that I have completely lost rational perspective on it. Not that these belly achers and bunker nuts talk of the end as an enjoyable time, but they have such an enjoyable time talking about it. But in the end, I think it just comes down to being able to say I told you so, and being the one prepared that watches all the others flounder around in the flood.
Month: April 2009
Ay Caramba, IKEA!
Oh the misery of being morally responsible in a morally corrupt world. When should a corporate entity be given a break on their sustainability policy and when should they be bypassed for the lesser of many evils? I will be the first to admit that the waters are shark filled and the fields are filled with mines today when it comes to tracking original sources for refined and fabricated materials. But some actions and policies by companies have to be held to account, right?
It has been known for years now that almost half of the timber coming from East Russia is harvested illegally and that much of what China is using in its growing factories comes from
East Russia. It is also widely known that much of the finished products that we buy here in the United States are fabricated in China. Companies such as IKEA and Home Depot have even been visibly seen making efforts to discover and root out illegally and immorally harvested timber. But at what point do we consumers call the bluff and say enough is too much?
Snipe Hunting and Green Buildings
I’ve been following the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association blog, and particularly Paul Eldrenkamp. I don’t live in the Northeast, and a lot of what is discussed sails over my head, but I like the depth of intelligent conversation going on there. It’s fresh and new for such a vapid chap as myself. And who couldn’t be struck with thought by statements such as, “This, I believe, is an honest assessment of what a building is—that is to say, about as inefficient and unnatural an act as our species does on any similar scale.”