Comments on: The death of environmentalism? http://hummingbird604.com/2008/10/27/the-death-of-environmentalism/ The random thoughts of a specialist in environmental issues. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:31:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Help save the Great Bear rainforest « Random Thoughts of a Student of the Environment http://hummingbird604.com/2008/10/27/the-death-of-environmentalism/comment-page-1/#comment-2375 Help save the Great Bear rainforest « Random Thoughts of a Student of the Environment Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:53:16 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1221#comment-2375 [...] you can see, environmentalism is not dead, is well alive and kicking! Please contribute with this worthy cause. You can also participate in a [...] [...] you can see, environmentalism is not dead, is well alive and kicking! Please contribute with this worthy cause. You can also participate in a [...]

]]> By: isabella mori http://hummingbird604.com/2008/10/27/the-death-of-environmentalism/comment-page-1/#comment-2374 isabella mori Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:15:57 +0000 http://hummingbird604.wordpress.com/?p=1221#comment-2374 what irritates me about this X is dead idea is that it makes it sound like it's got something to do with fashion. now i have to admit that i'm not a big fan of fashion to begin with (it always feels a bit small-minded to me) but i don't think that's the point. fashion is about things that come and go but - excuse me? the environment? how many decades does it take for a plastic bag to biodegrade? that's a lot of fashion trends. while it's a bit skewed to set blogging beside the environment - my prediction is that the earth is going to last longer than the internet - i think the same applies. i honestly think that blogging is a literary form that will live on, in one shape or another. will it always be fashionable? most likely not. but that doesn't make it "dead". what irritates me about this X is dead idea is that it makes it sound like it’s got something to do with fashion. now i have to admit that i’m not a big fan of fashion to begin with (it always feels a bit small-minded to me) but i don’t think that’s the point. fashion is about things that come and go but – excuse me? the environment? how many decades does it take for a plastic bag to biodegrade? that’s a lot of fashion trends.

while it’s a bit skewed to set blogging beside the environment – my prediction is that the earth is going to last longer than the internet – i think the same applies. i honestly think that blogging is a literary form that will live on, in one shape or another. will it always be fashionable? most likely not. but that doesn’t make it “dead”.

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