Coal Miner
Alan: The guy who wrote the following article is a former deputy director of Greenpeace.
I do not agree with his encouraging Trump to pull out of the Paris Agreement because 'it's incremental and makes people think they're doing something' when "everything" has to be done.
And by God, it better be done NOW!
Or yesterday!
Increasingly, I see perfectionism (grounded in "absolute" principles) as much more "the problem" than "the solution."
Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On "Too Pure Principles" And The Collapse Of Conservatism
Everything is a work-in-progress.
And determination to "muddle through" strikes me as more impressive - and more helpful - than the many forms of "perfectionist herocism" that make us think Fidel or Stalin or Lenin or Sandino or Thoreau or Rachel Carson or Jesus is going to save the day - "once and for all."
"Is Perfectionism A Curse? Paul Ryan Tells The Truth"
I am totally in favor of lofty principles... provided we are not blinded by them and are willing to accommodate "the muck-slog" that is often the only way from Point A to Point B.
"Head in the sky and feet on the ground" impresses me as "the best of both worlds" --- and almost always "the best for this world."
Elsewhere...
The approach to environmental integrity that seems most beneficial to me can actually be accelerated while the "old school" incremental approach is still in place.
So why give up on "a half loaf" when there's an entirely other "whole loaf" within our reach.
So why give up on "a half loaf" when there's an entirely other "whole loaf" within our reach.
The Structure Of American Law Necessitates Qualitative Degradation Of The Biosphere
In praise of Trump pulling out of the Paris climate pact
BY KEN WARD - 05/31/17
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