Ryland said: "Why do we have to grow or de-grow. Why cant we figure out how to prosper with what we have before us"
Ryland said " Im with you earth1st. lets embrace our de-growthing and plan to adapt to a smaller (perhaps more sustainable?) population."
Very interesting contradictions….. Whats the point of growing tourism if nobodies around to bennefit from it?
I was just a kid when the mines shut down in the early ’90’s and it was horrible. 50 year olds forced to go tree planting, forced to go on "U.I", the housing market crashed and people that owed $50,000 for a house that was now worth $30,000 simply walked away leaving the houses emty. I was a scary time. Thats not what I call sustainable de-growth. Its what i’d call horrible de-growth. And lets hope the town doesn’t have to go through that again.
