Re: Slamming Eco-Groups (was: Navajo/Hopi)

Dave Jacoby (t9aa@sdsumus.bitnet)
Tue, 27 Aug 1991 18:20:42 CDT


>i too am worried about eco-tourism. there's a potential to create a
>20-21st century equivalent to the 19th c. "white man's burden."

>i fear that for many ecotourists,they are carrying a green burden which
>is motivated much like the earlier imperialists-- save the world, trust
>our expertise.

>does my phrase a green man's burden help to symbolize this for you?

It makes sense to me, and it is something I try to watch for when I am
on the edge of a "holier-than-thou" rant. Eco-tourism is on one hand,
the same old search for something uncrowded and green when where you
live is crowded and grey. I can understand the urge. It is also, to
borrow a phrase from the Sex Pistols, "A cheap holiday in someone else's
misery."

Dave
t9aa@sdsumus.bitnet