tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238534.post113966780231658190..comments2023-11-05T04:35:19.263-05:00Comments on Faceless Bureaucrat: Immigrants Get HousesBill Harshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02094598931693185805noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238534.post-1139858268974914432006-02-13T14:17:00.000-05:002006-02-13T14:17:00.000-05:00My assumption, which may be wrong, is that upwardl...My assumption, which may be wrong, is that upwardly mobile people don't have the time or money for "elite luxuries" (quotes intended ironically). It's the children of those who have made it who can afford such things. (This may be a version of John Adams saying that he studied politics so his son could study business and his grandchildren could focus on science and the arts.) On the other hand, James Stewart had an article in the New Yorker (not on line) on Alberto Vilar, a Cuban who made big money in the tech boom and gave even more to opera companies. <BR/><BR/>To the extent that environmentalism is an establishment cause, anyone who wants to become part of the establishment will support it.Bill Harshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02094598931693185805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10238534.post-1139695254462055602006-02-11T17:00:00.000-05:002006-02-11T17:00:00.000-05:00I am a professional conservationist, and it is my ...I am a professional conservationist, and it is my belief that those of us who want to preserve open space by having the same conversations with ourselves and not finding ways to engage and appeal to the Latin population are deluding ourselves and placing the success of our land protection efforts in jeopardy. Throughout most of the nation, and particularly in the Northeast where I live and work, mainstream conservation organizations and their supporters have no idea what the growing Latin population in our rural areas values about the land we share, or even whether a conservation ethic is or can be part of their dream of success in America. We are not even having these conversations with our Latin neighbors, but just as surely as the demographics of our communities are changing, so also is a growing percentage of the Latin community in our area becoming successful and investing in real estate, some of it open space. This is an opportunity that need not become a threat, but we have much to do to understand our Latin neighbors and find common purpose in conservation and land protection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com