I'm still undecided about where, if anywhere, to "place" this thought-ramble. As I said yesterday in the thread to subscribers, my goal is to stimulate re-thinking of the language that we use and have that lead to conservation, and that, to change. But there are those out there who will find this incendiary and provocative and elitist, and that's too bad. And maybe rubbing their fur the wrong way is not something I should seek to avoid. Even so, this won't go to Facebook where most readers come from. So that said, if you feel it appropriate and have some destinations or recipients in mind, I will take the unusual move here to ask you to share. Maybe in that way, the rethinking and talking to one another can move forward one tiny bit. Thanks -- Fred
“ Local love of one's place in the world is a beginning towards a love of the world of places. One place, understood, helps us know all places better.” Yes to this. Was this fully “blogged” to the general public or just to a selected group? If restricted, maybe WaPo is still up for grabs?
I did send to WaPo saying its reach was limited to the less than 50 subscribers to this newslettery thing. Hearing nothing by end of week, I have an offer to get it up into the tree-hugger radar in a more limited way via a friend who edits a local enviro-site with some reach. Beyond that, the "matriotism" wrapper helps me frame sense of place, natural history, personal ecology and environmental advocacy, as elements in the personal story I attempt to tell in the book I may or may not eventually get before readers.
Of course I am in total agreement with the way people should think about being good citizens of planet earth. Your suggested name doesn’t appeal to me somehow. Sorry!
Fred, I like it. It's a different approach to the dilemma of persuading people to care about the environment or Mother Earth. I'd first try placing it in the Wash Post. If they're not interested...then, the Roanoke Times.
Becky, great idea. Ooops! Their op-ed submissions rules out anything posted to places like a personal blog, and I guess this qualifies. Rats. I'd never have thought about WaPo. Maybe there will be another occasion.
I'm still undecided about where, if anywhere, to "place" this thought-ramble. As I said yesterday in the thread to subscribers, my goal is to stimulate re-thinking of the language that we use and have that lead to conservation, and that, to change. But there are those out there who will find this incendiary and provocative and elitist, and that's too bad. And maybe rubbing their fur the wrong way is not something I should seek to avoid. Even so, this won't go to Facebook where most readers come from. So that said, if you feel it appropriate and have some destinations or recipients in mind, I will take the unusual move here to ask you to share. Maybe in that way, the rethinking and talking to one another can move forward one tiny bit. Thanks -- Fred
“ Local love of one's place in the world is a beginning towards a love of the world of places. One place, understood, helps us know all places better.” Yes to this. Was this fully “blogged” to the general public or just to a selected group? If restricted, maybe WaPo is still up for grabs?
I did send to WaPo saying its reach was limited to the less than 50 subscribers to this newslettery thing. Hearing nothing by end of week, I have an offer to get it up into the tree-hugger radar in a more limited way via a friend who edits a local enviro-site with some reach. Beyond that, the "matriotism" wrapper helps me frame sense of place, natural history, personal ecology and environmental advocacy, as elements in the personal story I attempt to tell in the book I may or may not eventually get before readers.
Of course I am in total agreement with the way people should think about being good citizens of planet earth. Your suggested name doesn’t appeal to me somehow. Sorry!
Thank you my very wise and very dear friend.
Fred, I like it. It's a different approach to the dilemma of persuading people to care about the environment or Mother Earth. I'd first try placing it in the Wash Post. If they're not interested...then, the Roanoke Times.
Becky, great idea. Ooops! Their op-ed submissions rules out anything posted to places like a personal blog, and I guess this qualifies. Rats. I'd never have thought about WaPo. Maybe there will be another occasion.