tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9716997.post113369644339238674..comments2024-03-15T23:30:38.471+11:00Comments on Lindsay's Lobes: Social CapitalLindsay Byrneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030132436987752741noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9716997.post-1135513695997247322005-12-25T23:28:00.000+11:002005-12-25T23:28:00.000+11:00Thanks DA- very encoraging -Do you think the stat...Thanks DA- very encoraging -Do you think the statement in your Annual Report has substance !!<BR/><BR/>It's good business if it does, but often companies only pay lip service with warm and fuzzy words, lacking in substance.lindsaylobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774918551798647046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9716997.post-1135416066046933662005-12-24T20:21:00.000+11:002005-12-24T20:21:00.000+11:00Thank you for this post Lindsay.To my believe soci...Thank you for this post Lindsay.<BR/><BR/>To my believe social capital and trust are the cornerstones of our society whether in business or family life.<BR/><BR/>Happy Winter Solstice (2005)DAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03081526684421864224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9716997.post-1133934942955740982005-12-07T16:55:00.001+11:002005-12-07T16:55:00.001+11:00Yes and no on environment. Our small city is grow...Yes and no on environment. Our small city is growing much faster than our planning.<BR/><BR/>We are fighting a NASCAR type racetrack on one end of town and a new Walmart distribution site on the other.<BR/><BR/>Our north/south "freeway" is 2 lanes each way and not all is controlled access. It's dangerous already. Our surface roads are narrow and in disrepair.<BR/><BR/>The racetrack and Walmart will back traffic up in both directions in 5 or 6 valley towns to say nothing of what it does to CA Hwy 99.<BR/><BR/>The Environment Impact Report is frightening, the racetrack project has been shrouded in secrecy until it's almost to late to fight.<BR/><BR/>Too long a comment already but you get the idea. Individual Californians are environmentally minded - corporations are corporations everywhere. I'll keep you posted if you're interested.Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283823157675990935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9716997.post-1133934906988256762005-12-07T16:55:00.000+11:002005-12-07T16:55:00.000+11:00Yes and no on environment. Our small city is grow...Yes and no on environment. Our small city is growing much faster than our planning.<BR/><BR/>We are fighting a NASCAR type racetrack on one end of town and a new Walmart distribution site on the other.<BR/><BR/>Our north/south "freeway" is 2 lanes each way and not all is controlled access. It's dangerous already. Our surface roads are narrow and in disrepair.<BR/><BR/>The racetrack and Walmart will back traffic up in both directions in 5 or 6 valley towns to say nothing of what it does to CA Hwy 99.<BR/><BR/>The Environment Impact Report is frightening, the racetrack project has been shrouded in secrecy until it's almost to late to fight.<BR/><BR/>Too long a comment already but you get the idea. Individual Californians are environmentally minded - corporations are corporations everywhere. I'll keep you posted if you're interested.Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283823157675990935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9716997.post-1133875712789632832005-12-07T00:28:00.000+11:002005-12-07T00:28:00.000+11:00Thanks for you comments.gary -a good example of su...Thanks for you comments.<BR/>gary -a good example of sustainability in iceland with no credit in our currently flawed system for essential iniatives like the one you mentioned. <BR/><BR/>VB -that crunch is already her I think !!<BR/><BR/>Granny <BR/>I have heard that CA is very enviromenatlly minded ?<BR/><BR/>Madcapmum<BR/>I agree -tasts better too!!lindsaylobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774918551798647046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9716997.post-1133851243622549242005-12-06T17:40:00.000+11:002005-12-06T17:40:00.000+11:00I'm lurking and learning.We're involved in an envi...I'm lurking and learning.<BR/><BR/>We're involved in an environment fight here (Merced, CA) at the moment and I may describe it at some point. People never learn do they.Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283823157675990935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9716997.post-1133787488748195292005-12-05T23:58:00.000+11:002005-12-05T23:58:00.000+11:00I'd like to add small home gardens to that calcula...I'd like to add small home gardens to that calculation!Madcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08966173518099250557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9716997.post-1133757424913109002005-12-05T15:37:00.000+11:002005-12-05T15:37:00.000+11:00Yes, and what gets measured and monitored is often...Yes, and what gets measured and monitored is often what gets addressed. Looking at development in a way that includes social and environmental indicators is long overdue (from governments and researchers, not just Oxfam).<BR/><BR/>Iceland is aiming a ending its oil dependency by 2020 and is well on its way, with its vast use of geothermal energy and by becoming the hydrogen cell 'capital' of the world. Within a few years, every bus in the country will run on Ballard hydrogen fuel cells. Does any of this get measured in the Icelandic economic indicators... not likely.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15148485566444804108noreply@blogger.com