Comments on: Book Review: Last Child in the Woods http://greencouple.com/2008/05/19/book-review-last-child-in-the-woods/ Learning to live green and live together Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:23:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Geeks in the Woods | GreenCouple.com http://greencouple.com/2008/05/19/book-review-last-child-in-the-woods/#comment-1336 Geeks in the Woods | GreenCouple.com Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:37:35 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=203#comment-1336 [...] probably a keynote presentation by Richard Louv, author of “Last Child in the Woods.” His book has become an essential resource for environmental educators and he was even more inspiring as a [...] [...] probably a keynote presentation by Richard Louv, author of “Last Child in the Woods.” His book has become an essential resource for environmental educators and he was even more inspiring as a [...]

]]> By: Maggie http://greencouple.com/2008/05/19/book-review-last-child-in-the-woods/#comment-563 Maggie Thu, 22 May 2008 00:26:09 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=203#comment-563 I miss living in a small community too. I enjoy being in my hometown where I have lots of family and recognize people fairly regularly on the street but for awhile in Oregon I lived in a community of 30 people and got to know them all really well. Small, self-contained communities do tend to be a little greener, even if that's not the goal. So do very poor communities a lot of times. I'm always interested in the results, even in situations I wouldn't want to replicate. Thanks for sharing your story. I miss living in a small community too. I enjoy being in my hometown where I have lots of family and recognize people fairly regularly on the street but for awhile in Oregon I lived in a community of 30 people and got to know them all really well.

Small, self-contained communities do tend to be a little greener, even if that’s not the goal. So do very poor communities a lot of times. I’m always interested in the results, even in situations I wouldn’t want to replicate. Thanks for sharing your story.

]]> By: Jessica http://greencouple.com/2008/05/19/book-review-last-child-in-the-woods/#comment-556 Jessica Wed, 21 May 2008 18:17:23 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=203#comment-556 I don't think it means to be green, its just a small, almost self contained community (we did ship food in, but other than that...), which is green whether they want it to be or not. The community part of it I miss often. The mission, not so much. I don’t think it means to be green, its just a small, almost self contained community (we did ship food in, but other than that…), which is green whether they want it to be or not.
The community part of it I miss often. The mission, not so much.

]]> By: arduous http://greencouple.com/2008/05/19/book-review-last-child-in-the-woods/#comment-549 arduous Tue, 20 May 2008 23:11:33 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=203#comment-549 Wow. Who knew GITMO was green! I guess every cloud has its silver lining. Thanks for sharing that story Jessica. Wow. Who knew GITMO was green! I guess every cloud has its silver lining. Thanks for sharing that story Jessica.

]]> By: Jessica http://greencouple.com/2008/05/19/book-review-last-child-in-the-woods/#comment-546 Jessica Tue, 20 May 2008 17:40:54 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=203#comment-546 I got a unique perspective of a pretty green community when I was deployed. In GTMO, you could walk anywhere you needed to go (although some of the command forced you to wear orange reflective plastic vests when you did so, even in the middle of the day when you're on a side walk) If you didn't feel like walking, there was ample public transportation (a few school busses), and there were a few cars on the island. It was perfectly safe to hitch hike, if you wanted to. There was one ferry to get you from one side of the island to the other, not that you really needed to use it often, because everything you needed was right there. When I got home that was probably the thing I missed most about GTMO. I had to drive everywhere. Driving never seemed like so much of a pain to me as it did right when I got home from my deployment. I never really recovered from it, to be honest. I've often wondered what it would take to build more communities that looked like Guantanamo Bay (minus the detention facility and the tin shacks we all lived in, of course). I would kill to live in a place like that again. I got a unique perspective of a pretty green community when I was deployed. In GTMO, you could walk anywhere you needed to go (although some of the command forced you to wear orange reflective plastic vests when you did so, even in the middle of the day when you’re on a side walk) If you didn’t feel like walking, there was ample public transportation (a few school busses), and there were a few cars on the island. It was perfectly safe to hitch hike, if you wanted to. There was one ferry to get you from one side of the island to the other, not that you really needed to use it often, because everything you needed was right there.
When I got home that was probably the thing I missed most about GTMO. I had to drive everywhere. Driving never seemed like so much of a pain to me as it did right when I got home from my deployment. I never really recovered from it, to be honest. I’ve often wondered what it would take to build more communities that looked like Guantanamo Bay (minus the detention facility and the tin shacks we all lived in, of course). I would kill to live in a place like that again.

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