Comments on: Local Economy: Lost In Translation http://eco-chick.com/2007/04/16/local-economy-lost-in-translation/ Because Mother Earth Is A Woman Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:51:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Joseph http://eco-chick.com/2007/04/16/local-economy-lost-in-translation/#comment-57567 Joseph Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:07:15 +0000 http://eco-chick.com/?p=783#comment-57567 Buy your recycled paper from http://www.indexoffice.co.uk guaranteed bleach free with low carbon foot print Buy your recycled paper from http://www.indexoffice.co.uk guaranteed bleach free with low carbon foot print

]]> By: Starre http://eco-chick.com/2007/04/16/local-economy-lost-in-translation/#comment-49591 Starre Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:30:49 +0000 http://eco-chick.com/?p=783#comment-49591 Even if Plato wasn't officially an 'eco-hunk' people who lived that long ago had no choice but to be in touch with the natural world....their lives were very directly connected to it every day, as they woke up in unheated houses and ate only local foods. Basically until about 100 or so years ago, everyone was very closely tied to their local environment, whether they liked it, or not, which makes them all more environmentally savvy than most of us today. Thanks for the reminders of the etymology of language too...how far we've gone from the original meanings of things! Even if Plato wasn’t officially an ‘eco-hunk’ people who lived that long ago had no choice but to be in touch with the natural world….their lives were very directly connected to it every day, as they woke up in unheated houses and ate only local foods. Basically until about 100 or so years ago, everyone was very closely tied to their local environment, whether they liked it, or not, which makes them all more environmentally savvy than most of us today.

Thanks for the reminders of the etymology of language too…how far we’ve gone from the original meanings of things!

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