http://www.realdirt.com.au/2009/12/05/cruisin-for-a-climate-change-bruisin/ environmental news, opinion and photographs from James Woodford Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.realdirt.com.au/2009/12/05/cruisin-for-a-climate-change-bruisin/comment-page-1/#comment-5681 Anne Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:44:01 +0000 http://www.realdirt.com.au/2009/12/05/cruisin-for-a-climate-change-bruisin/#comment-5681 Well said Stuart! Though i am not of the sea I relate to living within limits and heartily agree that it produces a great quality of life; a culture change for the better. Downshifting, observing and being a part of a world that is more than just human creates a satisfying life that asks us to be responsible and responsive. As my dear friend Val Plumwood said in her 2002 book Environmental Culture: The Ecological Crisis of Reason "Not only is it rationally possible to choose a richer and more generous framework, it is in the present context of ecological destruction essential to do so - in the interests of ethics, prudence AND reason". Well said Stuart! Though i am not of the sea I relate to living within limits and heartily agree that it produces a great quality of life; a culture change for the better. Downshifting, observing and being a part of a world that is more than just human creates a satisfying life that asks us to be responsible and responsive. As my dear friend Val Plumwood said in her 2002 book Environmental Culture: The Ecological Crisis of Reason “Not only is it rationally possible to choose a richer and more generous framework, it is in the present context of ecological destruction essential to do so – in the interests of ethics, prudence AND reason”.

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