[Powderworks] Re: Powderworks Content
Kate Parker Adams
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Wed, 16 Apr 2003 00:04:16 -0400
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Powderworks -- Discussion of the music and politics of Midnight Oil
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At 11:39 PM 4/15/03 -0400, Jonathan & Julie Hart wrote:
>PLEASE TAKE THIS DISCUSSION TO POWDERPOLITICS!!!!!!
>
>EVERYONE!
>THAT MEANS YOU! AND YOU! YEAH, YOU WITH THE T-SHIRT!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: powderworks-admin@cs.colorado.edu
>[mailto:powderworks-admin@cs.colorado.edu] On Behalf Of Kate Parker
>Adams
>Sent: April 15, 2003 8:49 PM
>To: Bruce Robertson
>Cc: Tom Davies; powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
>Subject: Re: [Powderworks] VLMOC: anti-Americanism, so-called
>
>
>At 06:50 PM 4/15/03 -0400, Bruce Robertson wrote:
> >On the Oils being anti-American, aren't we more interested in
> >understanding what the Oils are FOR? I'm no rocket surgeon, but
>figuring
> >out what's wrong with the world comes pretty easy to me, and I assume
>most
> >of us. 'Where do we go from here' would be a more pressing - and
> >promising - question IMO.
>
>I think this also ties into the whole boycott thread ... misguided and
>not
>terribly constructive in a global sense.
>
>If you listen to Pete's rantings and read his website, there is much
>that
>he has to say about sustainability, about the web of life, about
>precaution. Much of that starts with making the choice to buy local
>products and from local merchants whenever you possibly can.
>
>I bought several items today that were made in America, and the
>important
>thing about all of them was that they were purchased from local
>merchants. Instead of going to the McDonald's in the food court in the
>hospital area, I bought from the food co-op and the local ice-cream
>truck. Got my organic fair trade coffee from a local coffee house (with
>a
>free coupon from the fiery and hip little local free paper no less!)
>instead of being patronized by a latte ventil barristro pretentiomonium
>at
>Starbuquitous a block away . I bought bike inner tubes from a local bike
>
>shop, not from a corporate bigbox - they won't give me a massbike member
>
>discount anyway. I paid the mortgage at the local bank that holds our
>loan
>in portfolio five years after we moved in (rare - usually, mortgages are
>
>sold fast), and made a deposit at my credit union. I did all of this
>while
>commuting to and from work on a bike.
>
>Given corporate hegemony in certain areas, it simply isn't possible to
>totally avoid the merchandising machine. But you don't have to make a
>perfection campaign out of it, you just have to realise that sometimes
>you
>have choices, and that buying locally benefits your community and buying
>
>local goods is usually a vastly more sustainable choice due to the
>environmental costs of transit alone.
>
>Ken Geiser, a mentor of mine at the Lowell Center for Sustainable
>Production, has been on a positivist kick as of late, urging all and
>sundry
>to think of how the future should look and work toward policies and
>practices that make it so rather than simply fight a multi-front, never
>ending battle against _____. As hard as that is in the current
>climate,
>I think I am attracted to Ken's teachings for the same reasons that I am
>
>attracted to the Oil's messages. It is not about fighting bad guys -
>its
>about building a better world for all and making it last.
>
>Just my $0.02,
>Kate
>
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At 11:39 PM 4/15/03 -0400, Jonathan & Julie Hart wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>PLEASE TAKE THIS DISCUSSION TO
POWDERPOLITICS!!!!!!<br>
<br>
EVERYONE!<br>
THAT MEANS YOU! AND YOU! YEAH, YOU WITH THE T-SHIRT!<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: powderworks-admin@cs.colorado.edu<br>
[<a href="mailto:powderworks-admin@cs.colorado.edu" eudora="autourl">mailto:powderworks-admin@cs.colorado.edu</a>]
On Behalf Of Kate Parker<br>
Adams<br>
Sent: April 15, 2003 8:49 PM<br>
To: Bruce Robertson<br>
Cc: Tom Davies; powderworks@cs.colorado.edu<br>
Subject: Re: [Powderworks] VLMOC: anti-Americanism, so-called<br>
<br>
<br>
At 06:50 PM 4/15/03 -0400, Bruce Robertson wrote:<br>
>On the Oils being anti-American, aren't we more interested in<br>
>understanding what the Oils are FOR? I'm no rocket surgeon, but<br>
figuring <br>
>out what's wrong with the world comes pretty easy to me, and I
assume<br>
most <br>
>of us. 'Where do we go from here' would be a more pressing -
and <br>
>promising - question IMO.<br>
<br>
I think this also ties into the whole boycott thread ... misguided
and<br>
not <br>
terribly constructive in a global sense.<br>
<br>
If you listen to Pete's rantings and read his website, there is
much<br>
that <br>
he has to say about sustainability, about the web of life, about <br>
precaution. Much of that starts with making the choice to buy local
<br>
products and from local merchants whenever you possibly can.<br>
<br>
I bought several items today that were made in America, and the<br>
important <br>
thing about all of them was that they were purchased from local <br>
merchants. Instead of going to the McDonald's in the food court in
the <br>
hospital area, I bought from the food co-op and the local ice-cream
<br>
truck. Got my organic fair trade coffee from a local coffee house
(with<br>
a <br>
free coupon from the fiery and hip little local free paper no less!)
<br>
instead of being patronized by a latte ventil barristro
pretentiomonium<br>
at <br>
Starbuquitous a block away . I bought bike inner tubes from a local
bike<br>
<br>
shop, not from a corporate bigbox - they won't give me a massbike
member<br>
<br>
discount anyway. I paid the mortgage at the local bank that holds
our<br>
loan <br>
in portfolio five years after we moved in (rare - usually, mortgages
are<br>
<br>
sold fast), and made a deposit at my credit union. I did all of
this<br>
while <br>
commuting to and from work on a bike.<br>
<br>
Given corporate hegemony in certain areas, it simply isn't possible to
<br>
totally avoid the merchandising machine. But you don't have to make
a <br>
perfection campaign out of it, you just have to realise that
sometimes<br>
you <br>
have choices, and that buying locally benefits your community and
buying<br>
<br>
local goods is usually a vastly more sustainable choice due to the <br>
environmental costs of transit alone.<br>
<br>
Ken Geiser, a mentor of mine at the Lowell Center for Sustainable <br>
Production, has been on a positivist kick as of late, urging all
and<br>
sundry <br>
to think of how the future should look and work toward policies and
<br>
practices that make it so rather than simply fight a multi-front, never
<br>
ending battle against _____. As hard as that is in the
current<br>
climate, <br>
I think I am attracted to Ken's teachings for the same reasons that I
am<br>
<br>
attracted to the Oil's messages. It is not about fighting bad guys
-<br>
its <br>
about building a better world for all and making it last.<br>
<br>
Just my $0.02,<br>
Kate<br>
<br>
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