what about this one
YouTube - Will Ferrel on George Bush on Global Warming
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Originally Posted by opie999
Hmm...ok, Mother Earth as living sentient being. A bit of a stretch but, why not?
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Yes why not ? LOl
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Originally Posted by Dolphin
I think regardless if anyone agrees global warming is real or not, we each have a responsibility to treat our planet with care.
One reads about the coral reefs dying ... about the ice caps melting which cause a chain effect all over the globe, which effect the currents which effect the climate lol ...
Perhaps certain species being endangered due to global warming (such as polar bears) or perhaps it's just part of the cycles, as has been historically noted ..
But again, regardless, I feel we each do effect our earth via all the emissions, pollution, littering, etc ... and if we babied our planet like we do our own homes, perhaps it would be a better and cleaner planet for all ..
Naive thinking? Perhaps .. but mankind does have an impact and that impact has become, IMO, increasingly obvious ..
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... i dont think is naive thinking to be aware of whats going on it just another point of view, not so tech but a lot of common sense.. i do prefer to take a frech breath, to swim in a clean ocean, to eat not poisoned food and so on .. anyway I found your comments fit in my beleives and in the light of where im for now
btw the old Veda writings, the Native American, the Abouriginals, the Maoris just to name a few, have their point of view and because we like to think of our selves as more developed in this time of age, its not any evidence we know the best ... or even not received the correct info... this in regards to during the Abbassid Caliphate in Baghdad, ca. 800 A.D., the 'scientists' knew the earth was round, and developed a very sophisticated technique to measure the diameter. Whether this was diffused to all the populace is another question. When Copernicus presented his obsevations .. yes you know ... it took 300 year to accept the fact the earth is round and there is still some beleive its flat .... The accademic world could be conservative to
Deep Ecology is maybee seen as a little naive at times about how we learn — but basically it is seems correct to me. Deep Ecologists put their fingers, indirectly, on what is wrong with much Environmental Education se for example
Morning Earth -Introduction to Deep Ecology
There is anyway 2 polarity sides of this and all scientists likes to receive money for their continued research.
Probably politics and other economical interests to
There is so many perspectives in this area and specialized areas to, i think no human being can get it all who can say whats the whole truth ...
Maybe there is some of truth in both of the 2 polarized theories ....like the phenomena of colours can be explained in both the frequencies and the particle view, but we cant se/observe this at the same time
The Alice in Wonderland point reminds of something Nietzsche once said... Something along the lines of, "Did God make man, or did man make God?" ...Do you know?
I voted for the alternative not decided...but
Im influenced in my view by James Lovelock and his GAIA theory and find the hypothesis in this area interesting
some links for anyone interested to read more about it
James Lovelock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://www.ecolo.org/media/articles...ep-24-05-04.htm
http://comment.independent.co.uk/co...ticle338830.ece
James LOVELOCK's web site - the international homepage
Article Topic: environmental philosophy - Encyclopedia of Earth
Also find the Mythologi interesting and there is some touch to, to our wiew of the world
Category:Mythographers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (he ... Joseph Campbell one of my favourite here, but thats in some other areas of our lifes)