tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429726300962370869.post732576106989825875..comments2013-06-23T14:21:33.505-07:00Comments on Environment: How environmentally-friendly is ecotourism?Peter @ Enviromanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06356385819441765673noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8429726300962370869.post-47657056499469280372008-12-24T19:51:00.000-08:002008-12-24T19:51:00.000-08:00Excellent point: I had this thought and was search...Excellent point: I had this thought and was searching the web when I came across this post/blog!<BR/>Many well-meaning ecologists and environmentalist see ecotourism to be, at the least, one solution. On a small scale and in the short-term, it is helpful, but it is not sustainable (in the long-term). Affluent tourists are currently supporting African systems via trophy hunting, but the problem is the same. Burning more fossil fuels is never an ecological, sustainable solution, no matter how you cut it up. The solution is to "de-westernize" the mindset of humanity. I'm English Amish; I buy local, I live local, I use local building materials for homes and shelter. There is very little that I use or consume, that comes from anywhere more than my horse or bicycle can take me. I grow/raise/hunt/fish all my own foods. This is sustainable, and it is the mindset that makes it possible. The keep-up-w/the-Jones mentality is what's driving demand, which drives supply.Paul Andrew Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11540056435447678951noreply@blogger.com