Open question to SmartPlanet readers
Does anyone else out there find this drumbeat for denser cities by several of these twenty-something SmartPlanet bloggers not only a little weird but somewhat frightening? The underlying philosophy seems to be that we are to sacrifice all desires for a decent life for the sake of Mother Earth. In other words, Earth first, people last. The cult of Gaia.
Yes, we must strive to be more concienteous of our impact on the natural world and act accordingly. But I am extremely uncomfortable with the radical environmentalism that seems to stigmatize things such as suburbia and even the human race as enemies of our planet. To me, that's just another type of fundamentalism that I will resist with all my being.
