http://www.llworldtour.com/2006/11/06/environmental-issues/ just a girl in the world... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:16:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.llworldtour.com/2006/11/06/environmental-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Kevin Fitzpatrick Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:10:36 +0000 http://llworldtour.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/environmental-issues/#comment-84 The planning horizon for your average South American democracy has always been a bit on the short sighted side. Runaway inflation has always meant your money is never worth more than it is the moment you get it. The policies continue to foment a live for today and cross the burning bridge of tommorrow when you get there. Larger conuntries like Brazil and Argentina, like the US, can destroy some of their natural resources and still have enough left to save when people wise up. A tiny country like Ecuador doesn't have that luxury and their so worried about survival that long term ecological effects don't enter into their thinking. The alarm has sounded before there, and Mother Earth has done an amazing job of regeneration in many cases. But you are so right dear friend, many things have been altered by human forces that can never go back to the pure state they were in. It seems your world tour is now offering you an opportunity to examine things you hadn't planned on before. I don't know about you or my fellow readers and writers, but I think the meaning of your mission has just been heightened. Ciao. The planning horizon for your average South American democracy has always been a bit on the short sighted side. Runaway inflation has always meant your money is never worth more than it is the moment you get it. The policies continue to foment a live for today and cross the burning bridge of tommorrow when you get there. Larger conuntries like Brazil and Argentina, like the US, can destroy some of their natural resources and still have enough left to save when people wise up. A tiny country like Ecuador doesn't have that luxury and their so worried about survival that long term ecological effects don't enter into their thinking. The alarm has sounded before there, and Mother Earth has done an amazing job of regeneration in many cases. But you are so right dear friend, many things have been altered by human forces that can never go back to the pure state they were in. It seems your world tour is now offering you an opportunity to examine things you hadn't planned on before. I don't know about you or my fellow readers and writers, but I think the meaning of your mission has just been heightened. Ciao.

]]> http://www.llworldtour.com/2006/11/06/environmental-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Julie Marcus Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:55:12 +0000 http://llworldtour.wordpress.com/2006/11/06/environmental-issues/#comment-83 Wow. I am so glad you wrote this post and shared this info. My bookstore is closed, and in clearing it out, I am trying to be environmentally conscious and to throw out as little as possible. I now have this vivid visual of species facing extinction, and you standing in Ecuador, seeing firsthand the destruction we as humans have caused to the Earth and its ecosystem. As always, thanks for the awesome updates; I am learning right along with you! Wow. I am so glad you wrote this post and shared this info. My bookstore is closed, and in clearing it out, I am trying to be environmentally conscious and to throw out as little as possible. I now have this vivid visual of species facing extinction, and you standing in Ecuador, seeing firsthand the destruction we as humans have caused to the Earth and its ecosystem. As always, thanks for the awesome updates; I am learning right along with you!

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