Message-ID: <Pine.ULT.3.91.971114114418.13738A-100000@henson.cc.wwu.edu> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 11:47:02 -0800 From: Nancy West <mailto:n9510239@HENSON.CC.WWU.EDU> Subject: Re: From Development to Education (fwd) To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Just wondering, how are Americans going to get to Africa, Australians to South America and Europeans to Australia---swim???NW **********************
On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Tu and Bob Myers wrote:
> 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
>