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Yeah, it is in fact very sensible. The following is an uncharitable take but here goes: the stereotypical social media conservationist will be 100% anti-loggin
by dbrueck 3y ago
Yeah, it is in fact very sensible.
The following is an uncharitable take but here goes: the stereotypical social media conservationist will be 100% anti-logging because there's no room for nuance - you either love the planet or you're a corporate money grubber - while people who recognize that complex problems typically aren't black and white and who genuinely care enough about the environment to become informed on the topic generally agree that some amount of controlled logging is a very good thing.
- legitster 3y agoI will be even more specific - most modern conservationists are generally pro-logging! It's a renewals resource that's carbon negative! Anti-logging activism is a holdover from a specific time in the 80s when we had no other environmental concerns other than to superficially preserve the beauty of nature. Anyone who tied themselves to a tree to stop a logger is now in their 50s and 60s. A minority, but at a peak age to influence policy.
- mschuster91 3y ago> Anyone who tied themselves to a tree to stop a logger is now in their 50s and 60s. A minority, but at a peak age to influence policy. Here in Germany, it's routine. 2021 had the Forst Kasten in Munich occupied to protest against a gravel strip-mining operation [1], and the Hambacher Forst adjacent to a lignite strip-mining operation is still occupied [2]. [1] https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muenchen-forst-kasten-kiesabbau-vertragsaufloesung-1.5908656 https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muenchen-forst-kasten-k... [2] https://hambacherforst.org/besetzung/waldbesetzung/ https://hambacherforst.org/besetzung/waldbesetzung/