http://www.papercut.com/blog/rick/2009/01/24/green-is-out/ Keep an eye on what the PaperCut developers are up to ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:30:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.papercut.com/blog/rick/2009/01/24/green-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-19586 Chris Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:59:54 +0000 http://www.papercut.com/blog/rick/2009/01/24/green-is-out/#comment-19586 We have a similar situation down here in Tasmania (the little island at the south end of Australia). It's a pristine region with lots of native virgin forests. Unfortunately there is a constant battle between "jobs" (a.k.a. the logging industry) and environmental protection. The environmental movement has had some wins over the years as the economy has been good and jobs are strong. I feel however that as the economy drops off, "jobs" will become a hot topic again and the environment will loose out. The economy has cycles every decade or two. The cycle (e.g. recovery) for the environment on the other hand however can be many hundreds or thousands of years. We can't let short term economic cycles dictate our environmental policies - policies that should be sent much further in advance. We have a similar situation down here in Tasmania (the little island at the south end of Australia). It’s a pristine region with lots of native virgin forests. Unfortunately there is a constant battle between “jobs” (a.k.a. the logging industry) and environmental protection. The environmental movement has had some wins over the years as the economy has been good and jobs are strong. I feel however that as the economy drops off, “jobs” will become a hot topic again and the environment will loose out. The economy has cycles every decade or two. The cycle (e.g. recovery) for the environment on the other hand however can be many hundreds or thousands of years. We can’t let short term economic cycles dictate our environmental policies – policies that should be sent much further in advance.

]]> http://www.papercut.com/blog/rick/2009/01/24/green-is-out/comment-page-1/#comment-19584 James Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:09:50 +0000 http://www.papercut.com/blog/rick/2009/01/24/green-is-out/#comment-19584 Yeah I noticed a lot logging when I was down in Oregon a year and a half ago. It was still a beautiful state though. We have had similar issues up here in BC though I believe the problem has been getting worse even though the forest industry has been having tough times. In the 90s much of the land was protected but over the past couple years the land has been sold off to private owners who are either devloping it or stripping it and selling the logs. From what I understand he government only has power over designated forest lands. Anyway yeah there is nothing wrong with 'Green' even if it does get hammered into people a lot. Regardless of the implications of waste/pollution it just makes sense to look after things. Yeah I noticed a lot logging when I was down in Oregon a year and a half ago. It was still a beautiful state though. We have had similar issues up here in BC though I believe the problem has been getting worse even though the forest industry has been having tough times. In the 90s much of the land was protected but over the past couple years the land has been sold off to private owners who are either devloping it or stripping it and selling the logs. From what I understand he government only has power over designated forest lands. Anyway yeah there is nothing wrong with ‘Green’ even if it does get hammered into people a lot. Regardless of the implications of waste/pollution it just makes sense to look after things.

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