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What is an ecolo?




by iota » 26/11/06, 09:35

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Jean marc Jancovici asked the following question on the show It's in the air on wind turbines this week:
What is an ecolo? what is the definition of 'green'?

We can safely claim that there are several types of ecologists.

Sunday's ecolo:
The one who puts seeds for the little birds from time to time, who walks in the forest and who avoids walking on the little babies.

The sympathizing ecologist:
The one who turns off the tap when he brushes his teeth and runs on diesel (when he bought it, he was certified that it polluted less).

The moderate green:
The one who does his shopping on foot, who warms himself 0% CO2 trend, who scrupulously sorts his waste, who collects the water from the dishes to put on the flowers.

The concerned ecologist:
The one who is moderate when he is tired.
the rest of the time tinkering with its boiler, thinking about alternative fuels, new energies, keeping up to date in debates on the environment.

The accomplished ecolo:
The one who washes in rainwater, who threw away his car, who heats himself with his compost heap, who does his laundry without 'laundry', who makes his house in cob, who spends only one kilowatt per year...

The extremist ecologist:
The one who lives naked with the animals of the forest ...
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by Christophe » 26/11/06, 12:22

It's been a long time since I wanted to make such a classification ... Are these your definitions or those of Jancovici?

Personally I will have added:

A) The "false green".

The one who drives or is heated with used oil (in a car from another badly maintained age) and who burns lacquered or treated wood in his fireplace without any state of mind ... In short, the ecologist who does not sees that his pecuniary interest ...

B) The econologist who is a "mixture" of your first 4 categories:
- loves nature (prefers green to gray even if he lives in the city)
- close the taps and cut the switches (== biased with resources)
- does not give up technology and uses it wisely. He drives "cool" when he has to drive and has a fairly recent car (less than 10 years old)
- he likes new technology which allows him to save resources
- considered heating with wood (if it is not already the case) and alternative fuels
- scrupulously sorts its waste
- visit econologie.com regularly : Cheesy:
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by iota » 26/11/06, 12:47

These are my definitions, invented as I type : Mrgreen:

Jancovici just said there are all kinds of green people.

Fake ecologists I don't know many of them, or it's just for fun : Shock:

I like your second definition : Mrgreen:
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by zac » 26/11/06, 14:49

Hello

as usual I do not fit in the boxes : Cry: : Cry: : Cry:

And yet I think I do and have done more for the ball than the majority of econology internet users; bouhhhhhhhhh I am unhappy. : Cry: : Cry: : Cry:

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by Christophe » 26/11/06, 14:52

Pkoi do you fit into any?

Give your own self-definition then :)
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by zac » 26/11/06, 16:17

Hello

It will not be easy !!!

I am against sorting waste at the start; because I think that it is better to 2 or 3 trucks which embark the garbage cans than 200 ecologists which go to the container or to the recycling center.
I think it is better to invest in sorting on arrival than in millions of plastic bins and km by car.
But the compostable I compost and the empty beers I keep (it gives me a full pack at the end of the month).

I wash my laundry with nuts, but when I am in a poor country I prefer to give it to a blanket to wash (it feeds his family for 2 days)

I refuse the dictate of driving at 60 you will be a good citizen and I drive quickly in old vehicles.
But they are of recovery (0 gray energy), pantonized, with fryer oil and maintained.
In addition, I recondition my batteries myself.

I don't care if I turn off my pc or a light bulb.
but I produce more juice that I consume and I install diodes in all my friends.
I refuse air conditioning in hot countries and heating in cold countries.

I can trap or fish for food but I refuse hunting or recreational fishing.

I prefer to spend 3 days teaching a Madagascan how to build a solar oven, than to offer him a bag of wood (2000m² of primary forest saved per year and 3 kids who go to school).

Etc .................. : Mrgreen:

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by Christophe » 26/11/06, 16:31

Respect! Well done! I admire your ecological socialism! Still, you partially (like me) fall into certain categories ...
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by iota » 26/11/06, 16:36

But Zac I don't see where the problem is!
I believe, in the light of your explanations, that ecological acts in one place are unsuitable in another place. : Idea:

You see well, I just understood something : Mrgreen:
(it sounds stupid, but we don't necessarily think about it)

We will say hummmm
The adaptive ecolo:
The one who focuses his actions on local needs, who does not care about ecological fashions in force, who says that consumption rhymes with pollution ...
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by Other » 26/11/06, 17:21

Hello,
I don't know if I fit into the Zac category, but I don't think I have much of an environmentalist,
The only thing that I do green is compost for my garden and that is not for ecology because the tomatoes are great with this compost,
I am not a hunter, maybe I would be if the elks had guns.
I drive cars over 10 years old except one that runs on potato oil.
For the rest when I read your figures I prefer not to compare.
My annual electricity consumption is 28000 kwh (it is considered good for here) some consumes 5000 kw per month in winter) it is not in our habit to turn off the lights some lights their house outside a good part of the night.
I consume 2400 liters of gasoline annually just for traveling by plane.
For cars, I will not give the figures, this may put the hair straight for some, of the 3 cars two have a panton and one has a turbulator, they have 3,8 liters engines and
3 liters, in winter the one that consumes the most makes 15 liters per 100km, but it drops to 8,3 liters on the main road in summer
Water consumption is unlimited, we don't have a meter,
The distances are great, (a simple meeting in the evening I do 160km round trip)
Public transport (non-existent) in villages and small towns just the large arteries and large direction.
The stores are far away, it takes a car for any purchase.
The climate is harsh, very cold in winter, hot and humid in summer.
Nothing is organized like at home, very few people have set foot on a train.
For me here it is the water that we have in abundance and hydroelectricity, It is not the consumption of water that bothers me but the contamination of the water.
The only common point I have on the forum it is the panton and the electrical questions or isolation of the houses, for the ecological side I can not make a comparison.
It would be like quibbling an Arab near an oil well who washes his engine parts with water.
But it is very difficult to make comparisons between the two continents, if you live here, we would all be labeled as big consumers or big polluters.
But after a few months spent here, most would do the same.

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by iota » 26/11/06, 17:46

In the end, everyone is green in their own way.

The best would be for everyone to describe their activities and their outlook.
Then we make a "catalog" of definitions.
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