How big is your footprint on the Earth?

[Anahita]

Re: How big is your footprint on the Earth?

FOOD 5.9
MOBILITY 15.1
SHELTER 10.1
GOODS/SERVICES 23
TOTAL FOOTPRINT 54

It says "IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 12.2 PLANETS" ... which implies the globe is currently 12.2 times overpopulated.

Or... I could make you sure you don't want your old lifestyle anymore

Some 'things' are much better than consumer products.

[Edit: you didn't get the 'credit' for living in a city like Madison and other stuff.]

[Sip]

Re: How big is your footprint on the Earth?

You can have my beef when you pry it from my cold dead hands. What's the point of living if our whole purpose becomes to preserve things for future generations? What have the future generations done to deserve us wasting our lives for them?

I find the logic behind perpetuating human life on earth rather absurd. So unless you can come up with some reason of why we should do it, you shouldn't waste your time about the "how".

[Anahita]

Re: How big is your footprint on the Earth?

You can have my beef when you pry it from my cold dead hands. What's the point of living if our whole purpose becomes to preserve things for future generations? What have the future generations done to deserve us wasting our lives for them?

I find the logic behind perpetuating human life on earth rather absurd. So unless you can come up with some reason of why we should do it, you shouldn't waste your time about the "how".

I don't need to pry. You let it go (with some resistance) willingly—and consciously and with logical and ethical reasons.

Awwe. Wasting our lives for them? Really. Isn’t your child crying for you to hear in your ear right now?

[Sip]

Re: How big is your footprint on the Earth?

I'm not having any children.

[Anahita]

Re: How big is your footprint on the Earth?

I'm not having any children.

SURPRISE. You already have them.

[Sip]

Re: How big is your footprint on the Earth?

If that's how you make all your arguments, then again, don't bother. Fantasy will never convince me of ANYTHING based in reality.

[Anahita]

Re: How big is your footprint on the Earth?

If that's how you make all your arguments, then again, don't bother. Fantasy will never convince me of ANYTHING based in reality.

Let me know what specific kind of argument could 'convince' you (or anyone.) I've tried MANY kinds.

[Anahita]

Re: How big is your footprint on the Earth?

If you listen right now to the Majority Report, you'll likely understand more.

The Majority Report
Click to Listen Live

The Majority Report 7-10PM (US central time)
With hosts Janeane Garofalo [I speak through her too] and Sam Seder

Today's guest on your Air America Radio program is:

President and co-founder of Farm Sanctuary, Gene Bauston - talks to Janeane about Saturday’s Star-Studded 20th Anniversary Gala Celebrating Farm Animals and Gourmet Vegan Cuisine in NYC.

If you miss the radio show, see:

http://www.majorityreportradio.com/weblog/index.php

http://www.farmsanctuary.org/

http://factoryfarming.org/

[Sip]

Re: How big is your footprint on the Earth?

Janeane Garofalo < Poop.

[Anahita]

Re: How big is your footprint on the Earth?

Janeane Garofalo < Poop.

I see that you appreciate the importance of poop.

Humans likely couldn't live without nature's poop-lovin creatures. Lest you doubt the critical importance of the dung beetle...

"Unless we are gardeners of farmers, we become divorced from the fertile byproducts of ourselves and our fellow creatures.”