Comments on: Top 10 Environmental Successes of 2008

By: Steve N. Lee

Steve N. Lee — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:29:31 +0000

Yes, people can constantly surprise you, can’t they, Heidi? That Bush item is an excellent example - and thank you for providing another one. Now, if people could use their own pet passion to empathise with other people’s passions we might actually see some large-scale constructive change come about. But, let’s face it, currently the chances of that are pretty slim. Still, things are slowly improving as this post shows. What 2009 will hold, who can say? Especially now the US is under new management!

Thanks for commenting,
Steve

By: Heidi M

Heidi M — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:07:47 +0000

Love hearing this great news, especially about GWB. It’s funny how some people’s pet projects stay hidden for so long. One of our senators has an absolutely appalling environmental record and I’m always writing to him and pointing that out. Then came a campaign to save national shoreline areas and keep them free of vehicles. I wrote to this senator, once again reminding him of his poor record. The letter I received back truly shocked me. He was all for this campaign. He wrote passionately about the need to keep the shorelines free of recreational and all other types of vehicles, not only because of the obvious forms of pollution, but because the noise pollution would disturb nesting shorebirds which are such a necessary part of the shoreline eco-system. The birds were obviously his pet passion. And I would never have guessed it based on his voting record and on what I had heard about him in the media. Just goes to show you, no one is ALL bad.

By: Steve N. Lee

Steve N. Lee — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:22:08 +0000

You might find it refreshing, Greg, but according to my stats, the more positive posts don’t attract as many readers as the other ones. Strange, huh? Still, I will try to post similar articles once in a while.

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting.
Steve

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:54:14 +0000

Wow. The mind boggles. Bush mentioned in a positive light with no, “Yeah, but…” in the same paragraph? Let me pick my jaw up off the floor…

And it’s really refreshing to see this blog get away from the doom and gloom for a bit. Nicely done. Your top 10 list is great.

By: Steve N. Lee

Steve N. Lee — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:08:54 +0000

Glad I could brighten your day, Janine.

Yes, the media is 90% doom and gloom, isn’t it? No matter the depressing subjects I cover, I always try to leave the reader with a glimmer of hope that we can change things - if only we’ll get off our lazy, selfish butts and actually do something!

Thanks for dropping in. (I’m just going to google Rob Breszney.)

Thanks, Julie. I’m pleased that you find the post not just postive, but that it doesn’t suck! ;-)

Good luck with your blog.

Steve

By: Julie K

Julie K — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:51:11 +0000

Amen! I am linking this to my brand-new blog which is a testament to all things positive.. that don’t suck. Thanks for the info! And all you positive lovers, please read me at poptimist.typepad.com!

cheers!
julie

By: Janine

Janine — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:32:50 +0000

Hi,
thanks for some good news. I wish it was as easy to hear good news on the TV as it is to hear all the paranoid, negative and sad things. But now we have the internet! Rob Breszney has just linked to this site in his newsletter, so I hope your work will keep spreading.

Cheers,
Janine.

Ipswich, Australia.

By: Steve N. Lee

Steve N. Lee — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:49:52 +0000

Thanks for your interest in my book, Rebecca. I’m thrilled you believe it sounds fascinating. It is getting some great reviews, as you’ve no doubt seen, so I’m sure you’ll love it when you read it.

Yes, the email updates service is exactly what it says it is - just one simple email that arrives a few hours after a new post goes live. Many people use the service without any problems.

I’m pleased you enjoyed this post. And, yes, I know just what you mean about us STILL not having any real alternative to oil despite knowing what we were doing to the planet and that oil would run out one day. If you haven’t already, you might like to read this post:

http://www.lionsledbysheep.com/2008/09/11/oil/

Thanks for stopping by, Rebecca. Have a great week. And be sure to let me know if you enjoy my book!
Steve

By: Rebecca Schneider

Rebecca Schneider — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:44:16 +0000

Wow! This is a terrific post, Steve. I’m glad you introduced yourself to me on Care2. I’ll have to stop by here often or subscribe to your email updates. I tried to find your book to borrow at a library somewhere, but I see it isn’t there yet. It sounds fascinating so I guess I’ll have to buy a copy. :-) It’ll have to wait until my next payday, though. lol

Quite a great bit of information in here. I was surprised and impressed by the various bits. It constantly amazes me that we haven’t been able to move to cleaner, better energy sources and technology when it is already available. If I make it into Congress, you can bet I’ll push for that kind of thing!

Thanks again and keep up the good work!

By: Steve N. Lee

Steve N. Lee — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:16:21 +0000

Glad you found it interesting, Emma.

Yes, I’ll run such good news posts every once in a while to give people a well-needed boost!

Thanks for stopping by,
Steve