Comments on: Attitudes to The Environment – Switzerland http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/02/20/attitudes-to-the-environment-switzerland/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Tue, 22 May 2012 15:40:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Christina Viering http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/02/20/attitudes-to-the-environment-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-55349 Christina Viering Sat, 16 May 2009 18:04:43 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/2008/02/16/attitudes-to-the-environment-switzerland/#comment-55349 Looks like it is time to get out there for a ski trip! Looks like it is time to get out there for a ski trip!

]]> By: Brooke Plant http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/02/20/attitudes-to-the-environment-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-55351 Brooke Plant Sat, 09 May 2009 05:05:43 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/2008/02/16/attitudes-to-the-environment-switzerland/#comment-55351 I agree with the fact that our climit is changing, but I don't see the proof as to why. How can one be sure it is not natural, for mother earth has gone through many changes over time. I just don't see how we can blame humans. What is our proof. I am just interested. I agree with the fact that our climit is changing, but I don’t see the proof as to why. How can one be sure it is not natural, for mother earth has gone through many changes over time. I just don’t see how we can blame humans. What is our proof. I am just interested.

]]> By: Syren Franco http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/02/20/attitudes-to-the-environment-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-55350 Syren Franco Fri, 08 May 2009 23:25:15 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/2008/02/16/attitudes-to-the-environment-switzerland/#comment-55350 Gavin is on to something there... Trains were a huge deal not too long before I came into existence, and even now, I know I thoroughly enjoy the train... Or heck, how about pushing for electric vehicles all around... They are kind of a status symbol right now with how expensive they are. I think the world of tomorrow won't be anything like that of yesterday and we can see it now... but it will still be good if we all make it good. Gavin is on to something there… Trains were a huge deal not too long before I came into existence, and even now, I know I thoroughly enjoy the train…

Or heck, how about pushing for electric vehicles all around… They are kind of a status symbol right now with how expensive they are.

I think the world of tomorrow won’t be anything like that of yesterday and we can see it now… but it will still be good if we all make it good.

]]> By: Gavin Hudson http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/02/20/attitudes-to-the-environment-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-55347 Gavin Hudson Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:16:11 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/2008/02/16/attitudes-to-the-environment-switzerland/#comment-55347 Yes, I was at Lake Tahoe last year and saw an historic newspaper clipping advertising weekend, round trip Greyhound bus and train rides to the mountains for weekend ski trips. Actually, this is supposed to be one of the most breathtaking train rides in the United States. Hopefully more people will appreciate mass transit to the slopes. Yes, I was at Lake Tahoe last year and saw an historic newspaper clipping advertising weekend, round trip Greyhound bus and train rides to the mountains for weekend ski trips. Actually, this is supposed to be one of the most breathtaking train rides in the United States. Hopefully more people will appreciate mass transit to the slopes.

]]> By: Patrick Thorne http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/02/20/attitudes-to-the-environment-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-55348 Patrick Thorne Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:19:46 +0000 http://ecoworldly.com/2008/02/16/attitudes-to-the-environment-switzerland/#comment-55348 I run a website looking at what ski resorts are doing on climate change and follow media reporting on this issue around the world. Most laud the 'green' efforts of resorts like Aspen but fail to note that it is individual human activity such as your SUV drivers and how far we each travel (and how we travel) that are far greater contributers to melting ski slopes than where we actually stay for our week in the snow. So I was pleased to read your report. Ski resorts must of course do all they can to minimise their impact but I'm concerned that many media reports are making those efforts the focus of reporting, making the resorts themselves scapegoats for climate change as if they are in some kind of suicide pact with nature, rather than focusing on what we should be doing as individuals, 365 days a year, to cut our own carbon footprints in our day to day lives. It's that which is melting the snow far more than anything the ski resorts can do. Smart marketing by large corporations is also taking the pressure of us, making us think that by buying their products (often products we don't actually need in the first place) we are doing our bit. This attitude is typified by your SUV drivers I run a website looking at what ski resorts are doing on climate change and follow media reporting on this issue around the world. Most laud the ‘green’ efforts of resorts like Aspen but fail to note that it is individual human activity such as your SUV drivers and how far we each travel (and how we travel) that are far greater contributers to melting ski slopes than where we actually stay for our week in the snow. So I was pleased to read your report.

Ski resorts must of course do all they can to minimise their impact but I’m concerned that many media reports are making those efforts the focus of reporting, making the resorts themselves scapegoats for climate change as if they are in some kind of suicide pact with nature, rather than focusing on what we should be doing as individuals, 365 days a year, to cut our own carbon footprints in our day to day lives. It’s that which is melting the snow far more than anything the ski resorts can do. Smart marketing by large corporations is also taking the pressure of us, making us think that by buying their products (often products we don’t actually need in the first place) we are doing our bit. This attitude is typified by your SUV drivers

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