Reply To: Exercise 3: Listen to Examples
Exercise 3
Listened to Tony Hansen part 1 and 2. I was surprised and respected how OPEN Tony was to the entire conversation given his professional and personal exposure. I enjoyed hearing Josh discuss some of the same ideas I have been reading in his new book. I could hear that Tony has previously done a lot of personal/spiritual reflection and that seemed to prepare him for being open minded and game. He is already in the choir? I was interested that his self challenge to volunteer maintaining a trail turned out to be as much about him discovering and investing in community as sustainability. We too often silo individual/ community/ environment, pitting them at odds against each other. I hope that is false thinking. With a mind shift can we genuinely say, what’s best for me is also what’s best for the community and environment and vice versa all ways around?
Details from the interview brought up a lot of thoughts and feeling for me, and as usual I may be jumping the gun. (I’m an impatient and pragmatic person). What is our measure of sustainability? Building and maintaining trails supports a local connection to the environment which is a positive! But, if the trail network invites flying vacations and nature deprived tech professionals to move to Bend and commute to SF and Silicon Valley from the local Bend airport then… I also got hung up on his description of stewardship in Patagonia. Is long distance eco tourism and stewardship best for the individual/ community/ AND environment?