Metro Justice Newsletters, 2002/title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf8"> <style type="text/css"> </style> <link href="../../../css/mjstyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <script language="JavaScript"> </script> <script language="JavaScript" src="../../../scripts/mm_menu.js"></script> </head> <body class="mjbody"> <div id="bodytext"><p class="mjtitle">Green Space<br><span class="mjstrong">by Scott Fisher</span></p> <p><span class="mjstrong">ALL GOOD THINGS...</span><br> And Some Bad Ones Too--For a little over three years now I have been digging and surfing and scrounging from various sources for environmental stories, both local and international, for the Green Space. But I'm hanging up my modem now. I've ridden the writer's roller coaster, experiencing weightless-like joy at revealing to you what I thought were important stories, as well as almost losing my cookies on the curves when I had to get my mind around some horrible environmental transgression committed by one multinational or another. I guess that's why some people are fascinated by roller coasters. </p> <p>I tried to give a particular slant to environmental issues, frequently, as you may have noticed, focusing on the misdeeds of our friendly anti-environmental giant, Kodak. They deserved every reference I ever made about their carcinogenic, chemistry-set-concoctions that have been, and continue to be released on the local populace. A few people didn't like what I said, but I hope most of you have been forced to think about this local environmental time bomb a little more seriously. </p> <p>When I couldn't find something local to write about, I chose worldwide environmental topics that I thought we all needed to sit down with and chew on just a little more. After all, we're stuck in this grimy global village whether we like it or not. </p> <p>I've read different polls and articles that say something like 80% of Americans consider themselves to be environmentalists. Could we be? While I like to think of myself that way too, I doubt that I really am. None of us are. From disposable Depends for Gramps, to Billy Bob's gas-guzzling Grand Cherokee, we're all floating on the surface of a toxic broth of consumer dreams gone sour, only a lot of us don't know it, or worse, we haven't 'fessed up yet. That was what I found hardest to say in my column for the last three years. Sure, it was easy pointing out how Exxon Mobil, or Boise Cascade was making our bodies more toxic. But how could I say to people, we're all responsible for the mess we're in? </p> <p>Yes, I write my senators, congressmen and captains of industry to complain about the environmental rape that makes my eco-anxiety ratchet into high gear. But what good are a few of my letters, if the masses aren't devotedly scribbling also? </p> <p>In the end, if I have alerted at least a few of the less than vigilant to the environmental genocide that continues unabated. I can lay back with my feet up and munch my crumbly chocolate chip cookies and not toss them so often. </p> <p>To all of you readers who have paid attention to my ramblings these last three years: thank you. Writing this column has been a lot of fun for me, and I have learned a lot about the environmental issues, and what needs to be done about them. I hope you have, too. </p> <p> </p> <span id="footertext"> Metro Justice, 167 Flanders Street, Rochester NY 14619 <br> phone:585-325-2560 fax:585-325-2561 <br/>email: <a href="mailto:metroj@frontiernet.net">metroj@frontiernet.net</a> <br><a href="metroHomepage.html" target="_body">Home</a>  | <a href="upcoming.htm" target="_body">Upcoming Events </a>| <a href="membership.htm" target="_body">Membership</a>|<a href="subscribe.htm" target="_body"> Subscribe</a>|<a href="mj_office_directions.htm" target="_body"> Directions</a> <p> </p></span></div> </body> </html>