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November 21, 2008 at 11:47 pm

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ellie

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well put marcus…that is what i wanted to say but couldnt put into words due to frustration! :love:
November 21, 2008 at 11:50 pm

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globalloon

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@ellie 247004 wrote:

well put marcus…that is what i wanted to say but couldnt put into words due to frustration! :love:

it’s not about a 1 day greenwash unless you make it so

if every person who is aware of the damage we are all causing through our ‘western’ lifestyles made the effort to do something high profile on this day it might actually trigger some thoughts in the minds of people who have never even had the thought occur

it doesn’t let you off the hook for the rest of the year

it’s a chance for co-ordinated action

do you have too may of those already or something?
November 21, 2008 at 11:53 pm

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marcusblanc

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globalloon;247000 wrote:

i’m not offended, just disappointed. maybe you’re right. it’s impossible to detect subtle sarcasm via the net. i think the general response page 1 is negative whith a general theme of “what’s the point” coming out as the overall impression

Well, it certainly started a discussion… i’m torn between thinkin it a bit odd, for reasons previously stated, and thinkin its one way to get peeps to think about consumption.

I think probly page 1 influenced me to think negatively about the day becos the discussion became centred around the technical achievement of 24 hours wi’out buying stuff, rather than the reasons for doin so.

Dunno, don’t think people were that negative tho, more playin with the idea…

i’m not sure wot i think now, gonna have another rum n coke and think bout it.

:group_hug
November 21, 2008 at 11:57 pm

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Tank Girl

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globalloon;247003 wrote:

the vast majority of people have never had even the first inkling that they are flushing their childrens’ future down the bog

I find it really sad – but this is true,

for example my neighbours have never ever recycled anything!!

and to me this is really weird and not normal – but to her recycling is weird and stressful

we have had a voluntary door step collection service for nearly 4 1/2 years and not once did they do it

I spoke to them about the ammount of rubbish they are throwing out (a family of 4) up to 6 – 7 bin liners a week!!!!

she took it all in good grace – as I was letting her know we are due a weekly recycling scheme (including glass, paper, tin, textile, cardboard and compost) and fortnightly bin emptying service – to encourage you to recycle more

so she asked for my help for the first couple of weeks in what she can and cant do, bless her she was up at 7am waiting for me to come back from work on the first morning!! 😉

and she now even uses our compost bin (as we put our own in our garden)

so a little awareness can make an impact…

and marcus you know I agree with you – but some people either dont or are totally oblivious!!

and if nothing else comes from this –

atleast my posting this has sparked a bit of a debate we’d not have had otherwise :laugh_at::laugh_at:
November 21, 2008 at 11:58 pm

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ellie

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globalloon;247005 wrote:

it’s not about a 1 day greenwash unless you make it so

if every person who is aware of the damage we are all causing through our ‘western’ lifestyles made the effort to do something high profile on this day it might actually trigger some thoughts in the minds of people who have never even had the thought occur

it doesn’t let you off the hook for the rest of the year

it’s a chance for co-ordinated action

do you have too may of those already or something?

i agree with your principles…but if you look at TG’s original post, it is simply 24 hours without shopping…nothing more.

and please stop it with the smart-arse rhetorical questions!
November 21, 2008 at 11:59 pm

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globalloon

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think up ont Marcus

😉

see you on the RRR side
November 22, 2008 at 12:03 am

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Tank Girl

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ellie;247009 wrote:

i agree with your principles…but if you look at TG’s original post, it is simply 24 hours without shopping…nothing more.

and please stop it with the smart-arse rhetorical questions!

I’d have thought it was obvious that its just a bit of a fun way to spread the word of a more serious issue….:wink:

hense why I didnt feel the need to personally add anything else to it

plus if people were interested I’m sure I added the link to the site so people can independantly research it themselves if they wanted to, to find out what its all about………

http://www.buynothingday.co.uk/
November 22, 2008 at 12:04 am

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marcusblanc

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ellie;247009 wrote:

i agree with your principles…but if you look at TG’s original post, it is simply 24 hours without shopping…nothing more.

and please stop it with the smart-arse rhetorical questions!

easy now! :crazy:
November 22, 2008 at 12:07 am

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marcusblanc

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globalloon;247011 wrote:

think up ont Marcus

😉

see you on the RRR side

i am thinkin on it, wots the RRR side?
November 22, 2008 at 12:09 am

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globalloon

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@ellie 247009 wrote:

i agree with your principles…but if you look at TG’s original post, it is simply 24 hours without shopping…nothing more.

and please stop it with the smart-arse rhetorical questions!

oh please! i’m really not in the mood. if you can’t keep up with the conversation then expect the occasional dig
November 22, 2008 at 12:11 am

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Tank Girl

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marcusblanc;247016 wrote:

i am thinkin on it, wots the RRR side?

Its what you do already numbnut!!!! :you_crazy

I’ve seen your kitchen and all the empty bottles of rum, or are you jus collecting them so the neighbours dont see :laugh_at:
November 22, 2008 at 12:12 am

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ellie

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marcusblanc;247014 wrote:

easy now! :crazy:

hee hee. okay – this has got a bit carried away. :hopeless:

all i wanted to say to glo was, don’t worry – i dont think people are really having a go at the idea – just having a laugh.

TG – i got my parents into recycling and they have never looked back – its great watching the recycling boxes being used!!
November 22, 2008 at 12:13 am

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globalloon

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@marcusblanc 247016 wrote:

i am thinkin on it, wots the RRR side?

R repair
R reuse
R recyle

i’m spending the next couple of weeks making turbines and solar panles out of stuff i found in a skip

if it works as it should i expect to see me electricity meter go backwards and i will post the instructions up here

sorry if i’ve pissed anyone off… i just inhabit a certain world and find it really frustrating that other people don’t take in the vast amount of information out there about our lifestyle and the impact it is having on our future
November 22, 2008 at 12:16 am

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ellie

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globalloon;247017 wrote:

oh please! i’m really not in the mood. if you can’t keep up with the conversation then expect the occasional dig

again – i think you’ve read that message with more venom than was intended, and the response seems a little harsh…but lets just leave this. i didnt respond to you for a fight
November 22, 2008 at 12:17 am

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General Lighting

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TBH it may even be a slight case of preaching to the converted…

I don’t own a car, stopped purchasing new gadgets some years ago as I’ve got all the ones I want – my computers are all obsolete ones what were decomissioned from work, and my digital camera is about 5 years old but it still works….

some others on here said they were skint anyway so obviously won’t be consuming much…

my neighbours all recycle anyway, people are buying less in the shops and markets (hence the beef about the christmas tree), when I ride to work I see new cyclists every day and its usually safe to cycle at any time…

loads of people I know have allotments/grow their own food etc.. the marketing manager at my work recently joined a organic food co-op I found on the net and told him about and is planting loads of stuff in his garden.

when people put out their rubbish there is sometimes notes on it that anyone what sees usable stuff (furniture etc) can haul it away, in the village I work in someone was giving away a entire kitchen sink (when scrap metal prices were still fairly high) and all the leftover bricks from thier building project..

all this in a town better known for occasional footy hooliganism and dead prostitutes..

the irony though is here “normal” people are suspicious of any kind of “organised activism” but do many of the right-on eco friendly things as a matter of routine!
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