[GJM] Fw: THE NEW ECONOMY.

[robert searle]

Dear MR, et al,

       I think it is good that businesses are starting to take green issues more seriously. It is a step in the right direction. Ofcourse, some of the "green" products may not necessarily be green by strict standards. Yet, at least businesses are slowly but surely getting the message, and ofcourse realizing the possible profit potential.

George Monbiot the writer referred to some questionable "green" products produced by certain Corporations as "Greenwash!" as opposed to the word "Hogwash!". He does have a sense of humour at times.

Robert Searle.




--- On Tue, 17/6/08, mary rose <maryrose333 at att.net> wrote:

> From: mary rose <maryrose333 at att.net>
> Subject: [GJM] Fw:  THE NEW ECONOMY.
> To: FixGov at yahoogroups.com, "Discussion Forum for Global Justice" <discussion at globaljusticemovement.net>
> Date: Tuesday, 17 June, 2008, 9:27 PM
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "robert searle" <dharao4 at yahoo.co.uk>
> To: <discussion at globaljusticemovement.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:01 PM
> Subject: [GJM] THE NEW ECONOMY.
> 
> 
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> >       By chance I came across a magazine entitled The
> New Economy which 
> > seems to show how capitalism could help many things
> including 
> > environmentalism. There is a wikipedia account about
> this "new" term not 
> > ofcourse to be confused with the New Economics
> Foundation ofcourse!!
> >
> >
> >  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Economy
> >
> >
> > The link to the magazine (somewhat glossy) is..
> >
> >
> >   http://www.neweconomymagazine.com/
> 
> Robert, I Googled this site, and found an interesting
> article on making oil out of bug excrement from a
> link from New Economy to the online Times.
> 
> >From The TimesJune 14, 2008
> 
> Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol
> Silicon Valley is experimenting with bacteria that have
> been genetically 
> altered to provide 'renewable petroleum'
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece
> 
> Thanks a lot for this link, the mag is too glitzy for me,
> but it will 
> titillate the interest of many.
> One of the things about glitz is that it is too often
> directed toward the 
> promotion of products
> and services which belong to the era of modernity, but are
> promoted as being 
> "green," like
> the Nova town concept in Las Vegas.  The past is an era
> which we have found 
> to be filled
> with "tech items" that can't and don't
> fill the hole where soul use to 
> reside. And the result
> of too much emphasis on tech has been dissociation. Somehow
> we need to 
> integrate the
> basic qualities of life that provided us with soul with the
> emergent 
> qualities that give us
> greater power in the world so that we have balance. .
> 
> We need to seriously consider what is "appropriate
> technology" before we 
> even get to the
> design stage to ensure that it is also infused with soul as
> well as being a 
> useful tool. We
> need to consider whether robots on an assembly line are
> really producing the 
> equal of
> hand-crafted quality items created with love. Do we want
> quantity or 
> quality?  .
> 
> IMHO,
> 
> With love and in gratitude for all that you do, Robert, and
> all that we do 
> together. .
> 
> mary rose
> 
> 
> 
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