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Comment on Dealing with the uncomfortable by Kvann Angelica

Kvann Angelica — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:59:53 +0000

Skulle ønske jeg var like “sterk”!

Takk for at du deler tankene dine med oss.

Comment on Buy Nothing Day – my thoughts and muses by tabbyblog

tabbyblog — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:05:28 +0000

Hi there, DK, thanks for commenting! Buying fairtrade chocolate is great! I am not saying that we should all stop buying all together, that is just about impossible in our world. But we can all do well by buying less – and still have everything we need and more, and still be happy. We should look for happiness in other places than in shopping, is my point.

Comment on Buy Nothing Day – my thoughts and muses by DK

DK — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:31:49 +0000

Hey Tabby! Awesome blogs. You have made some very good and interesting points. I think I would be bad if I took part in buying nothing. I can admit that I over-indulge some of the times…perhaps too much. But you and Trabian are both right. We don’t need stuff like chocolate to survive, so we should try and go without it more than we do now. Though, to be fair (no pun intended), I do get fairtrade chocolate quite a bit. I feel better knowing that everyone is happy that way

Comment on Buy Nothing Day – my thoughts and muses by tabbyblog

tabbyblog — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:24:38 +0000

Thank you for a very nice comment, The Trabian. It’s always nice to get some feedback – and it’s always very nice to hear about people doing what they can and want for the environment. I agree with you on the industry-thingy, and think it’s great that you support local charity!

As for being a parent, I shouldn’t say too much as I haven’t got any children myself. But I do know that parents can spoil their children in other ways than giving them cheap and easy-to-break toys. ’

All the best.
Tabris

Comment on Buy Nothing Day – my thoughts and muses by The Trabian

The Trabian — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:46:14 +0000

Chocolate and soda are my big vices too. You know, i never got to thinking about the impact this could have on the environment but now i am thinking these are multi-billion dollar industries with correspodingly large carbon and other negative footprints. And you are right, i don’t need chocolate or soda to be happy any more than i need any other “Luxery Consumeable”. I can say that i stopped buying new clothes, such as trousers and coats several years ago and now buy these items at charity shops. Not because i can’t afford to buy new clothes but most of them are made in “sweat shops” in the third world and it does make me uncomfortable to be part of such exploitation, plus i like to support my local charity. I do tend to spoil my children with throw away consumeables, but it is very hard not to as they are both still to young to understand these issues. Well i guess as a dad i have to spoil my daughters. I can only hope to be like you and gently educate without preaching, which has to be one of the hardest jobs going in my humble opinion.

Comment on Too many people… by tabbyblog

tabbyblog — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:04:46 +0000

The climate crisis is one of the largest challenges we face these days, and I would say that one of the reasons why we have such a crisis in our hand is due to overpopulation. It is impossible to keep the western standard of living for much longer, especially with India and China’s large economical growth.

Comment on Too many people… by Overpopulation

Overpopulation — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:19:26 +0000

Check my “homepage” it’s about the topic..

I believe the overpopulation is a much bigger problem than the “climatecrisis”. Earths resources is limited, but it doesn’t matter how the “west” deal with their problem, if the rest of the world do squat..

[Editor's Note: The link has been removed as I deem the content to be anti-islamic propaganda]