01-15-2013, 04:52 PM
This is actually a continuation of the Protocol discussion going on in another post, but I think this is at the heart of the matter that's going back and forth.
Taken from the web:
http://www.greenamerica.org/programs/fai.../index.cfm
Fair Trade is a system of exchange that honors producers, communities, consumers, and the environment. It is a model for the global economy rooted in people-to-people connections, justice, and sustainability.
This has been a growing movement in RL, and I think we are seeing a spillover of this desire to be fair and do what feels right in SL. It has been for me a great learning experience.
In KittyCatS, most of us are BOTH producers and consumers, and we are all concerned about sustainability so we can keep breeding
I think what we need to remember, and I am very much speaking to myself as well, is that what we do not only affects us, but everyone else too.
People can make their own choices, and they all have consequences for better or worse. But sometimes what you do is not as important as how or why you do it. As an example I'll use the British boycott of sugar back in the 1700's.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abo...y_07.shtml
Cheap sugar produced by slave labor was available but once people learned it was so cheap because others suffered, they refused to buy it. This is the undercurrent I think we are feeling. If we are a community, then there is no good for me and to hell with you. We are all in it together and what is good for me should be good for you too and what hurts you, hurts me too.
So my question is this. How do we come together as a community, embrace new breeders, and work together for the benefit of all?
Hugs,
Noc
Taken from the web:
http://www.greenamerica.org/programs/fai.../index.cfm
Fair Trade is a system of exchange that honors producers, communities, consumers, and the environment. It is a model for the global economy rooted in people-to-people connections, justice, and sustainability.
This has been a growing movement in RL, and I think we are seeing a spillover of this desire to be fair and do what feels right in SL. It has been for me a great learning experience.
In KittyCatS, most of us are BOTH producers and consumers, and we are all concerned about sustainability so we can keep breeding
I think what we need to remember, and I am very much speaking to myself as well, is that what we do not only affects us, but everyone else too.
People can make their own choices, and they all have consequences for better or worse. But sometimes what you do is not as important as how or why you do it. As an example I'll use the British boycott of sugar back in the 1700's.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abo...y_07.shtml
Cheap sugar produced by slave labor was available but once people learned it was so cheap because others suffered, they refused to buy it. This is the undercurrent I think we are feeling. If we are a community, then there is no good for me and to hell with you. We are all in it together and what is good for me should be good for you too and what hurts you, hurts me too.
So my question is this. How do we come together as a community, embrace new breeders, and work together for the benefit of all?
Hugs,
Noc
trying too get them too attend the breeders classes if they still happen... Ohhh that another point for the peeps that can not get too said classes, why not record them and stick them on you tube ? so they can keep going back too it ?
