tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643903654727514393.post4310574686096305389..comments2023-05-20T03:24:14.689-07:00Comments on The Green Pen: When Positive News Isn't by Michael NaglerMike (The Green Pen)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00300579042329116356noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643903654727514393.post-78784557457422245372011-05-02T11:08:43.387-07:002011-05-02T11:08:43.387-07:00P.S. I meant to add that "the green thing&quo...P.S. I meant to add that "the green thing" is not just a way of saving the planet but of saving ourselves,as well.Mike (The Green Pen)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00300579042329116356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643903654727514393.post-92085308202438943592011-05-02T11:04:00.436-07:002011-05-02T11:04:00.436-07:00Your friend is very eloquent, Libby. Thanks so mu...Your friend is very eloquent, Libby. Thanks so much for sharing that wake-up perspective. <br /><br />It's also a perfect example of the "dialectic" I referred to in my comment above. That is, "the green thing" is a synthesis of the old ways, which weren't called green "back then" but were just how things were, and the intervening antithetical ways of Mike (The Green Pen)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00300579042329116356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-643903654727514393.post-62698061972785494332011-04-30T17:43:49.465-07:002011-04-30T17:43:49.465-07:00I don't know who made this observation, but a ...I don't know who made this observation, but a friend sent it to me. It says a lot about our current life style and way of thinking when it comes to our relationship with Mother Earth.<br /><br />I remember wellֲ…<br /><br />In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that plastic bags weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized to her and explained, "We didnLibby Traubmannoreply@blogger.com