tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post1221790492081487219..comments2023-11-14T15:11:35.669-05:00Comments on miriam's ideas: The New York Times does it againmiriam sawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06796668928044011101noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-40903215402320787392009-02-10T22:20:00.000-05:002009-02-10T22:20:00.000-05:00I don't think they deserve notice by the Newspaper...I don't think they deserve notice by the Newspaper of Record.miriam sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06796668928044011101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-40978686534113489042009-02-10T19:00:00.000-05:002009-02-10T19:00:00.000-05:00I want to throttle these people.I want to throttle these people.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08898687396539725109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-86327401657906992892009-02-10T15:36:00.000-05:002009-02-10T15:36:00.000-05:00AFW: that's about sums up my professional attitude...AFW: that's about sums up my professional attitude about "green" design and sustainable practices: as long as it is a matter of good housekeeping, a means of saving money for a client, I'm all for it. Once it becomes an article of faith, regardless the economic outcome, in hard facts and figures (like requirement to use only materials manufactured withing 500mi radius from location of the project...even if the assembly items for those same materials are coming from all over the world) - it becomes ridiculous. <BR/>My problem is to learn to keep my thoughts to myself, amid unified jubilations..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-59711222003746526412009-02-10T10:38:00.000-05:002009-02-10T10:38:00.000-05:00Yes, it's the hypocrisy of it all that makes me ha...Yes, it's the hypocrisy of it all that makes me hate the movement so much.<BR/><BR/>I buy Energy Star because it saves me money. I keep my heater at 65 in the winter because I'm cheap. And I don't litter (and pick up random blowing trash outside), because it's ugly and I like to live in a pretty place.<BR/><BR/>Not for some planetary ascension reason.airforcewifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02533056105139492032noreply@blogger.com