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Mohanned   United States   
October, 15, 2007 2:36 AM
If you wanto hear about pollution, go to china:

http://www.nyti mes.com/2007/08/26/world/asia/ 26china.html
Mean Dean   United States   
October, 15, 2007 6:51 AM
Hi Ola,

I agree that we do need to take care of the human race - and as someone from the States I think that was the point of not being signing Kyoto w/out getting some buy in from some of the other polluters out there as well.

All that said, I would be very interested in hearing your points of view as I travel to Jordan next month on a JTB sponsored tour.

And while I'll be doing the obligatory blogging about Petra, etcetera ... I'd also like to pursue a writing angle that includes the faces and flavor of the Jordanian blogosphere.

You got my email address via this comment ... don't be shy ... I used to live in NYC and have been insulted by professionals!-)
za3tar   Palestine   
October, 15, 2007 6:04 PM
I totally agree that pollution, and the resulting contribution to global warming, is a neglected serious problem in the Arab world.

We are often tempted to downplay the effects of pollution and global warming on our lives and the lives of the generations to come by saying "There are more important problems to fix".

True .. there are alot of problems that should be fixed in the Middle East, but the minimality of the personal effort required to fix these problems is quite often neglected.

After all, we can all help by at least not littering the streets and open wilderness. We can ask our grocery store to not give us plastic bags when we don't need them, and we can all minimize our consumption of private cars (at least once a week).

As Ola mentioned, this problem does have some serious effects, and we can all help.

hmmm ... i think i will turn this comment into a post :-)
Mean Dean   United States   
October, 15, 2007 8:30 PM
Hi za3tar;

I think the problems aren't just in the Middle East (nor am I implying that's all you were addressing).

Meaning, pollution, like other maladies is a result of a self-serving world view. I think once we take on a more servant-centric viewpoint we'll see we need to be more careful and caring of our neighbors.

That includes issues of pollution, but other issues that Ola mentioned as well.

Meaning, whether it is issues environmental or backyard violence - until we look outward to what we can do for others - we'll never solve any of these problems.
za3tar   Palestine   
October, 16, 2007 12:58 AM
Dean: I think you are exactly right.
Batirw   Jordan   
October, 21, 2007 10:36 AM
The simplist definition of environment is that "it is the surroundings of all organisms that interact negatively or positively with living creatures". As humans are living creatures, and the environments is their surroundings, I guess the best title for your post should be "to hell with ourselves".
ola   Jordan   
October, 21, 2007 12:34 PM
Batir: That was the whole point

 
 
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