[OKC] FW: [ok-sus] OKC Sustainability needs to come out of the closet!

[Alig, Jennifer L.]

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Jennifer Alig
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-----Original Message-----
From: ok-sus-bounces at lists.oksustainability.org [mailto:ok-sus-bounces at lists.oksustainability.org] On Behalf Of Robert Waldrop
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 4:22 PM
To: Sustainability Issues in Oklahoma
Subject: Re: [ok-sus] OKC Sustainability needs to come out of the closet!

You're right.

One of the things about the Oklahoma Food Coop that makes it so interesting 
is that people come to it from a wide variety of backgrounds and with a 
multiplicity of motivations, yet in the end, the common actions benefit the 
earth and all people.

I have often said that saving the earth is not a matter of "right belief" 
(orthodoxy), but "right practice" (orthopraxis).  And also, it is usually 
easier to get people to do things than to get them to change their beliefs.

So I spend a lot of time thinking of reasons to encourage people to "do what 
is right for the planet" without necessarily having to buy in to any 
particular ideology.  Sometimes that takes the form of finding a 
multiplicity of reasons for a particular "life changing action" that I think 
is important for people to adopt.

Robert Waldrop, OKC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kelley C Smith" <smithkc at riskiii.com>
To: "Sustainability Issues in Oklahoma" <ok-sus at lists.oksustainability.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [ok-sus] OKC Sustainability needs to come out of the closet!


>I am thinking Robert is onto something when he says we might emphasize
> DOING rather than attempting to convince others about the enormous
> ideological implications of most in the "sustainability movement."
> (I think that's a fair summary of what Robert said, but he might 
> disagree.)
>
> The reason I write this is -- yesterday I noticed that my basil had
> grown to gigantic proportions with the recent rains. I know it will be
> looking pretty sad soon as daylight hours are getting short, and the
> plant is in a place where it will be getting less sun due to the shadow
> of a fence.  I harvested some and put in my dehydrator, but I have
> PLENTY for our family. I asked a couple of neighbors if they could use
> some, along with some rosemary (have plenty of that too). One family was
> REALLY happy to have some, but they are not people who would generally
> support "sustainability." They always have political signs in their yard
> for pro-oil-and-gas politicians, etc. One family has attempted a
> backyard garden for the first time this summer, and they have plans for
> another next year, having learned some things after their first try!
>
> Maybe almost everyone can get behind the idea of locally grown food,
> backyard gardens, good, fresh earing.
>
> Kelley
>
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