[sustran] Examples of "green" airports?

eric britton eric.britton at ecoplan.org
Sat Aug 20 00:09:30 JST 2011


Pascal J. W. van den Noort wrote on this date: "Indeed, we are not here to judge, we are here to analyse, encourage and improve."

 

An admirable sentiment but. . .   I could not agree with you less.

 

My view: Of course, I am here to do all that important stuff  (analyze, encourage, etc.) but when it is necessary and when it can be effective I am also here to judge.  I swam fully prepared to do this.  I am not a neutral party. I have a clear agenda and value set which is clearly announced before I step up to bat each time. 

 

Tom Jefferson put it like this:  

·         An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.  

 

We have to quarrel before we finally agree. We are making a revolution of sustainability and this means that we need to put our brains together and speak our minds. And judge and condemn when that  is needed and when it is effective.

 

Sorry Pascal, but you hit a nerve.

 

Eric Britton

 

PS. On another topic on which I hope we can all agree.  Have a look at the Streets of Kampala at http://streetsofkampala.wordpress.com, and if you approve what we are trying to do please sign in and give a sign of your support.  We can make this a sustainable planet, city by city.

    

 

 



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