Comments on: This Earth Day, Spare a Tree http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/22/this-earth-day-spare-a-tree/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:24:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: The Z http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/22/this-earth-day-spare-a-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-205466 The Z Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:47:40 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5971#comment-205466 <p>"<i>it might serve as an example of how much better we could incorporate the natural world into our environment.</i>"</p> <p>This is not an example of <i>incorporating</i>. It is an example of <i>avoidance</i> and <capitulation. There is nothing harmonious, symbiotic, or anything else even remotely <i>incorporatus</i> (yeah, I made that up!) about this gesture. I'm certain the railroad was not pleased with the added expense and embarrassment.</p> <p>Incorporating nature into a structure is not a one-off deal. It is <i>incorporated</i> into the design from the beginning. All this is is indifferent compromise, and not a good example of anything, except how to build a railroad around a tree.</p> <p>:)</p> “it might serve as an example of how much better we could incorporate the natural world into our environment.“

This is not an example of incorporating. It is an example of avoidance and <capitulation. There is nothing harmonious, symbiotic, or anything else even remotely incorporatus (yeah, I made that up!) about this gesture. I’m certain the railroad was not pleased with the added expense and embarrassment.

Incorporating nature into a structure is not a one-off deal. It is incorporated into the design from the beginning. All this is is indifferent compromise, and not a good example of anything, except how to build a railroad around a tree.

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]]> By: dr.R. http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/22/this-earth-day-spare-a-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-205465 dr.R. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:14:04 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5971#comment-205465 <blockquote> it might serve as an example of how much better we could incorporate the natural world into our environment. </blockquote> <p>This sounds a bit cynical if you look at the surroundings and realise this is about the last tree that is left.</p> it might serve as an example of how much better we could incorporate the natural world into our environment.

This sounds a bit cynical if you look at the surroundings and realise this is about the last tree that is left.

]]> By: Stella http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/22/this-earth-day-spare-a-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-205461 Stella Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:47:59 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5971#comment-205461 <p>You might also consider the Survivor Tree at the Oklahoma City National Memorial - it, too, is a tree that for years was abused in the middle of a parking lot. Asphalt was poured right up to its trunk. Only after the bombing tragedy did it become cared for again.</p> You might also consider the Survivor Tree at the Oklahoma City National Memorial – it, too, is a tree that for years was abused in the middle of a parking lot. Asphalt was poured right up to its trunk. Only after the bombing tragedy did it become cared for again.

]]> By: Alex S http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/04/22/this-earth-day-spare-a-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-205452 Alex S Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:05:31 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=5971#comment-205452 <p>Oh the Japanese and their UFOs...when will they learn?:)</p> Oh the Japanese and their UFOs…when will they learn?:)

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