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Jeff at sustainablog — (archived)

Hmmm... I'd say he's right on the mark...

Let's also remember that your freedom ends when it infringes on mine. Environmentalism isn't just about what's "out there," seperate from human society. Human society can't exist without air, water, food, etc. Our freedoms exist within the environment -- destroy it, and we have no reason to discuss individual freedom. One of the mistakes we in the environmental movement have made is not challenging the notion that the environment is somehow a seperate entity...

Furthermore, this isn't about liberal, conservative, elite, common, whatever -- all of these labels mean nothing if we (again) can't breathe clean air, drink clean water, or produce adequate nutrition.

There are some very innovative things going on in the private sector, but they're not a result of "get out of the way and let the market sort things out" thinking. Rather, they're a product of individuals that have enough foresight to recognize that our current wasteful standards can not be sustained -- that's no good for the environment or the economy...

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