Comments for Fusion Environment & Energy http://www.fusion2e.com A MERGING Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:26:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on SUPPORTING ONE EARTH by Marcia http://www.fusion2e.com/supporting-one-earth/comment-page-1#comment-32 Marcia Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:26:48 +0000 http://www.fusion2e.com/?p=305#comment-32 Another great blog. We have lived in our house for almost 20 years. Our vegetable gardens (when we have had them) are organic, we do not spray our lawn, we pull noxious weeds from our fields, and do not use chemicals in our flower beds. Nature rewards us. Deer are regular visitors and love the apples that fall from our old apple tree. Free roaming chickens can be the best slug control you have ever encountered. Birds are in abundance including Hairy, Downy and yes the Pileated woodpecker. For 20 years I have stood at my kitchen window and half dozen times each year see the Pileated woodpecker fly his crazy flight swooping up and then down as he flies 1/4 mile from a nearby ridge to some woods next to our property. I love those sightings! Another great blog. We have lived in our house for almost 20 years. Our vegetable gardens (when we have had them) are organic, we do not spray our lawn, we pull noxious weeds from our fields, and do not use chemicals in our flower beds. Nature rewards us. Deer are regular visitors and love the apples that fall from our old apple tree. Free roaming chickens can be the best slug control you have ever encountered. Birds are in abundance including Hairy, Downy and yes the Pileated woodpecker. For 20 years I have stood at my kitchen window and half dozen times each year see the Pileated woodpecker fly his crazy flight swooping up and then down as he flies 1/4 mile from a nearby ridge to some woods next to our property. I love those sightings!

]]> Comment on THE BURNING HEART OF INDIA by Lisa http://www.fusion2e.com/the-burning-heart-of-india/comment-page-1#comment-31 Lisa Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:04:14 +0000 http://www.fusion2e.com/?p=295#comment-31 Thank you for sharing your piece on Bhopal. I esp. liked how you incorporated the Bandura material to underline how easy it is to become docile + sit back in the face of fatal carelessness and lack of accountability or responsibility. Your article makes me now want to read more about the incident and subsequent legal activities. On another note, I was wondering how this disaster was addressed on a human level in a religious culture, vs. how it would have been handled in a secular culture. Thank you for sharing your piece on Bhopal. I esp. liked how you incorporated the Bandura material to underline how easy it is to become docile + sit back in the face of fatal carelessness and lack of accountability or responsibility. Your article makes me now want to read more about the incident and subsequent legal activities.

On another note, I was wondering how this disaster was addressed on a human level in a religious culture, vs. how it would have been handled in a secular culture.

]]> Comment on THE BURNING HEART OF INDIA by Marcia http://www.fusion2e.com/the-burning-heart-of-india/comment-page-1#comment-30 Marcia Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:46:10 +0000 http://www.fusion2e.com/?p=295#comment-30 Fabulous and thought provoking! I have so often thought of what footprints I have and will leave on this earth. So many generations have shared this same land that suports the growth of our food, our homes. I love seeing their traces through old buildings, rock art... Perhaps our greatest legacy is, despite any footprints we leave behind, to keep the earth livable for our children. Disasters such as Bhopal are tragic on many different levels. The land lays wasted. The factory itself made and distributed chemicals whose need and use were questionable. Once again, thank you for sharing! Fabulous and thought provoking! I have so often thought of what footprints I have and will leave on this earth. So many generations have shared this same land that suports the growth of our food, our homes. I love seeing their traces through old buildings, rock art… Perhaps our greatest legacy is, despite any footprints we leave behind, to keep the earth livable for our children. Disasters such as Bhopal are tragic on many different levels. The land lays wasted. The factory itself made and distributed chemicals whose need and use were questionable. Once again, thank you for sharing!

]]> Comment on THE BURNING HEART OF INDIA by Brandan http://www.fusion2e.com/the-burning-heart-of-india/comment-page-1#comment-29 Brandan Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:43:50 +0000 http://www.fusion2e.com/?p=295#comment-29 Nicely done. Nicely done.

]]> Comment on WATER by apborgias http://www.fusion2e.com/water/comment-page-1#comment-18 apborgias Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:32:24 +0000 http://www.fusion2e.com/?p=278#comment-18 Thank you, Nataraj for setting the record straight. I neglected to say that we also drink filtered water at home. The reason is to remove the chemical contaminants caused by chlorination. Thank you, Nataraj for setting the record straight. I neglected to say that we also drink filtered water at home. The reason is to remove the chemical contaminants caused by chlorination.

]]> Comment on WATER by Nataraj http://www.fusion2e.com/water/comment-page-1#comment-17 Nataraj Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:07:51 +0000 http://www.fusion2e.com/?p=278#comment-17 Tap water in Bangalore is not unsafe.It is safe.I have been drinking tap water directly since my childhood.water supply is not all that bad in Bangalore as it is 100LPCD which is ok.Unfortunately 90% of all resourses are being used by 10%rich people Tap water in Bangalore is not unsafe.It is safe.I have been drinking tap water directly since my childhood.water supply is not all that bad in Bangalore as it is 100LPCD which is ok.Unfortunately 90% of all resourses are being used by 10%rich people

]]> Comment on THE VIRTUOUS LIFE by karin demorest http://www.fusion2e.com/the-virtuous-life/comment-page-1#comment-16 karin demorest Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:55:22 +0000 http://www.fusion2e.com/?p=271#comment-16 I am an old friend of your brother Dave whom I met when I lived in Tucson years ago. I now live in Paris where I have been for the past eleven years. Leaving Tucson opened up my horizons, and increased my "travel flow". India has become a big part of that flow. I have been going every February for the past five years, and have explored a good portion of the subcontinent, with the exception of the north. Reading the account of your arrival in Delhi plunged me back into my past and my own arrival in Delhi in 2005 (although Delhi has undergone a sea change since then). I was surprised to read that you saw few cars. I'm sure you've changed your mind about that after your good night's sleep in the B&B...Delhi has become a car nightmare with its attendant pollution. When I was there last year I thought I would die from the car fumes. Incredible India is always lying deep in my soul, and comes right back up to the surface when I read texts such as yours. I hope your stay there will be rich and enlightening, although I cannot imagine it being otherwise. I am an old friend of your brother Dave whom I met when I lived in Tucson years ago. I now live in Paris where I have been for the past eleven years. Leaving Tucson opened up my horizons, and increased my “travel flow”. India has become a big part of that flow. I have been going every February for the past five years, and have explored a good portion of the subcontinent, with the exception of the north. Reading the account of your arrival in Delhi plunged me back into my past and my own arrival in Delhi in 2005 (although Delhi has undergone a sea change since then). I was surprised to read that you saw few cars. I’m sure you’ve changed your mind about that after your good night’s sleep in the B&B…Delhi has become a car nightmare with its attendant pollution. When I was there last year I thought I would die from the car fumes. Incredible India is always lying deep in my soul, and comes right back up to the surface when I read texts such as yours. I hope your stay there will be rich and enlightening, although I cannot imagine it being otherwise.

]]> Comment on WHY INDIA MATTERS by gaeyia http://www.fusion2e.com/why-india-matters/comment-page-1#comment-8 gaeyia Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:54:05 +0000 http://fusion2e.com/?p=200#comment-8 Your blog looks great! Good work :) Your blog looks great! Good work :)

]]> Comment on WHY INDIA MATTERS by Doreen Kelsey http://www.fusion2e.com/why-india-matters/comment-page-1#comment-7 Doreen Kelsey Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:15:05 +0000 http://fusion2e.com/?p=200#comment-7 Thanks, Adriane. I'm impressed by how well you articulate this complex and important issue. I wonder how many people will take the time to reflect and actually be willing to reconsider their economic choices. One can only hope. Thanks, Adriane. I’m impressed by how well you articulate this complex and important issue. I wonder how many people will take the time to reflect and actually be willing to reconsider their economic choices. One can only hope.

]]> Comment on WHY INDIA MATTERS by Marcia Kelley http://www.fusion2e.com/why-india-matters/comment-page-1#comment-6 Marcia Kelley Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:06:44 +0000 http://fusion2e.com/?p=200#comment-6 Like your blog and will look forward to future posts. Recently watched a HGTV show of a couple relocating to Bangalore. They were looking at housing...lots of street shots and was fascinating. One house they considered was beautiful but came with a "gardener" and his family whose abode looked like a shed in the backyard. Locals used the vacant lot next door to graze their milk cow kept on a long rope. They led the cow around from spot to spot throughout the neighborhood. Like your blog and will look forward to future posts. Recently watched a HGTV show of a couple relocating to Bangalore. They were looking at housing…lots of street shots and was fascinating. One house they considered was beautiful but came with a “gardener” and his family whose abode looked like a shed in the backyard. Locals used the vacant lot next door to graze their milk cow kept on a long rope. They led the cow around from spot to spot throughout the neighborhood.

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