Ernest Callenbach – "The way we are running our global economy is suicidal, we are exhausting the natural underpinnings of our industrial order, we are overpopulating the globe and some kind of catastrophic collapse is all too likely. I just hope against hope that we have a soft landing..."

thoughtbubbler · 2012-02-06T18:59:01.970823+00:00

Noticed Callenbach's name because I'm reading one of his books, but I wasn't aware he was well recognized enough to warrant a quotation, even on this sub. Ecotopia is an amazing book though, so maybe it has a higher readership than I thought?

ThePieOfSauron · 2012-02-06T18:01:03.605693+00:00

We were blocks away, and by our understanding, the major source of contamination in our neighborhood was from topsoil blown from the koppers site. Since the native soil in the area was very sandy - almost devoid of organic matter, really - and since sand isn't something chemicals readily bond to, we weren't particularly concerned about the bit of sandy dust that may have drifted over to our neck of the woods. It'd be a different story if we were adjacent to the site though, for sure.

The biggest issue in regards to koppers is actually groundwater contamination, as the pollutants make their way through the porous limestone to the aquifer. Since we weren't using well water, this wasn't really a concern for us either, even though it is definitely something that Gainesville will have to reckon with in the future.

ThePieOfSauron · 2012-02-06T17:46:25.313812+00:00

I lived in the area for 4 years, two of which were spent in the same house as one of the more alarmist people quoted in the article. Naively or not, we never had any worries about our proximity to the site. A little of my perspective.

karen4the6th · 2012-02-06T17:36:58.612067+00:00

I saw this article when it was first published - it brought forth a good hearty chuckle from myself and my former roommates. We used to live at 708 NW 31st ave, the same place as 'Ma,' before we moved out due to landlord issues. We called the place the Art Farm, and it was a staple component of the 'hippy college town' community right0ast describes. The organic garden Ma talks about was installed by the past residents of the place, which had been rented continuously by a group of friends for about 8 years or so. Years of extensive composting and mulching had built up some of the best soil I'd ever seen in FL, which was so productive we practically didn't have to buy any vegetables, ever, even though we had as many as 9 people living on the property at any given time.

Ma rented the place after us, and to my dismay, neglected to upkeep even a small portion of the beautiful gardens we'd worked so hard to establish. I really hated her for that. But thanks to this article I finally figured out why - It was all the tumorous animals that escaped my attention the two years I lived there that tipped her off to the area's horrible pollution.

I'm not saying koppers isn't an issue for the neighborhood and for Gainesville, but Ma was totally full of it, and what could have been an important article suffered for it, at least in my eyes. You should have interviewed any one of the immediate neighbors, who had all been there for practically their entire lives, instead of some batshit hippy relishing the microphone you put in front of her face.

Jblasta · 5 days

I don't see any camping.

fapficionado · 7 days

Added Camden (right across the river from Philly) and St. Louis to the mix and holy shit.

infernostrike · 1 month

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VelvetAndSuede · 1 month

Been missin you girl, you've got the two of us a bit homesick. Hope we'll get to see more soon!

jskeetjr · 2 months

Reading through those comments from the front page story on reddit about this guardian study was surreal. People still don't see the political and social nature behind these acts, even when they're well documented. Easier to blame hooliganism and greed than to critically reflect on the society that produces people so bent on "meaningless" destruction.

jskeetjr · 2 months

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jskeetjr · 2 months

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jskeetjr · 2 months

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galt1776 · 2 months

The bill also pertained to unlawful assemblies, which would include just about every OWS action over the past 2 months.

galt1776 · 2 months

Except that the law would also apply to non-riotous unlawful assemblies. As in, just about every occupation and march that have taken place in North America over the last two months. And in those situations there are numerous legitimate reasons for wanting to hide your identity that do not correspond to any criminal intent beyond your simple presence in an unlawful assembly. Laws like this are dangerous because we never know what the costs or conditions of dissent will be in the future, and we don't want to lose the potentially vital option of anonymous protest.

OccupyWallStreet · 2 months

Why the fuck does /anarchy not think this is relevant? There's a whole lot of anarchists down at liberty plaza.

Alpha_Bitch · 2 months

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CG10277 · 3 months

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