Religious Intolerance

» redback - feel goods

It's interesting when we (the world) go past the feel good statements.
Here, developers are required by law to fund 'open spaces'. This is how the local park comes into existence and if the space and entry to it is properly registered as a 'dedicated reserve' is forever exempt from being built out. There's been a few clumsy decisions where one or two footpaths to the park has been able to be closed...my advocacy to the rescue!

So, if you can't plant a tree "here", agitate for it to be planted "there"...shopping centre carparks etc.

"There isn't any call for air conditioning in the UK..."
There's a loud call for aircon here so tis an area we contribute more in greenhouse gases than you.

We're up there in recycling, though. There is a national plan to eliminate the shopping plastic bag within 12 months. The 2nd bin (yellow lid) is for re-cycling. Like you plus(?) milk & juice cartons, aerosol cans, steel cans excl paint tins etc by the bin. Much stuff has the 'recycle' logo on it. Trouble is, some of this effort is wasted when careless people put garbage with it.

4WDs are used to take children to school or run over them in their own driveways. We haven't seen many Humvees yet...but the cities don't need 'em here either. Selfishly, I can't grumble about fares and public transport. As a non-pensioner 'Senior', I get a $AUD2.50 all-day ticket combined bus-ferry-train. And I don't travel in peak hour nor on non-aircon trains if I can avoid it.

"What's that all about when we're told to use a public transport system which isn't integrated?"

Same problem be it a lousy transport system, buying only OZ (or only UK-made) made products or the climate change thingo. It's likely to cost us more just for the 'feel good' of it.

-- posted by redback