Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.96.971114002559.7930D-100000@acy1.digex.net> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:40:04 -0500 From: Tu and Bob Myers <mailto:tuandbob@acy.digex.net> Subject: Re: From Development to Education (fwd) To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Sound of loud, incredulous raspberry!On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Jay Hanson wrote:
> At 06:14 PM 11/13/97 -0400, Michael Gurstein wrote:
>
> > ... is tourism a means or sustainable development? Can the two
> > combine? Yes. And in my experience it is done well in a number of
> > places, from Africa, to Central America, at the grass roots level...
>
> Why do you suppose tourism can be sustainable?
> At a minimum, no fossil fuel = no tourism.
Wrong! People do it by waking, bicycling, animal and people (carts, boats) powered transportation, wood and solar cooking (renewable), candle, fire and plant oil light...
> I doubt that sustainable development exists anywhere.
If you say you can't, you're correct every time. And you'll prove it in your reply.
Bob