Feb 19, 2009
“For most women the environment doesn’t figure at all. I was making
programmes about global warming when I became pregnant with my first
son, who is now 20, and it didn’t enter my head,” she says, although
she can understand why Mr Porritt feels justified in raising the
issue.
“Benefit of a large family is that they learn to share and they do
their bit for the planet by never flying long-haul”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7884138.stm
Feb 16, 2009
“Can’t see the wood for the trees” is a common phrase used as shorthand for a common problem: if we’re too close to something, it’s hard to see it in context.
Thus we’re unable to see solutions which are obvious, or to think strategically since we lack a bigger-picture overview.
There is no one we’re going to be closer to than ourselves, so what makes us think we’re well placed to solve our bigger-picture problems which requires perspective and broader thinking? Once we have that in place we’re probably – if we know ourselves – the best person to add detail to the picture; but it seems that we’re going to be better off
listening to someone else to get a general overview.
PS This is not a well-phrased point, so please forgive me, but I’m in a hurry and wanted to get it down.
PPS Blindingly obvious? Yes, of course. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t need saying. We forget this stuff.
Feb 14, 2009
I’ve just woken from a dream wherein technology saves mankind. But, like Africans and AIDS drugs, I can’t afford it; because I’ve chosen the subsistence solution.
Feb 2, 2009
“A solution to world dehydration? http://tinyurl.com/apr7″ (via Hermione Way)
I’d have made it inflatable with a drain hole myself. Brilliant idea though.
