Are older generation primarily responsible for unsustainable lifestyle, other probs?

[smilingcat]

This came up on FB today and I thought it was apropos. Viewing generations discretely makes as much sense as viewing humans as disconnected from our environment.

big +1 from me.

Yes I was rebellious. Even in high school, I was out collecting rain water from a mine runoff. What are they going to do with a hippie kid anyway... Yes it was extremely acidic loaded with heavy transition metals.

Anyway, baby boomers just because of sheer number of them are going to put more strain on the natural resources. If human population was less than a billion, we wouldn't be having the problem we are having today to large extent.

Today's younger generation are more likely to opt out of car ownership but I think that has to do with $$.

[malkin]

Eh .. I told my kids to hold an auction for what they don't want after I am gone.

Just haul it out to the curb!

[goldfinch]

I remember being in high school and the boys were worried about the draft and their lottery numbers. We had a debate in Civics class about whether 18 year olds should be able to vote if after all they are expected to go to war. Only one other in my class besides me believed that 18 year old were responsible enough to vote.

Ever since I have been dismayed by my generation.

I went from growing up with a dad who taught us how to hunt and how to gather wild foods to eat and live off the land, to being a conspicuous consumer, with two homes, a motorhome, a couple of cars and assorted toys. I am at times dismayed at myself. I recycle but I question its value. http://www.english.umd.edu/sites/def...ettehadieh.pdf I eat local and organic, but not because it is healthier as that is questionable, but to support the local economies. Which may be to the detriment to other economies. I only eat meat that is not "factory farmed" for moral reasons, but I actually believe I should not eat mammals or birds at all. I ride my bike to the local grocery store but then drive 500 miles to visit a friend.

At least I did not reproduce.

[Crankin]

I am extremely proud to be of my generation. I've been rebellious all of my life and I was born at the perfect time for it.
My own kids covered their ears and said "I don't want to hear it," when I would reminisce about the late 60s/early 70s.
Of course, by the time I was 22 or so, it was out of my system, but I've done my part by steadfastly clinging to my belief that my life would not be defined by my kids and never stopping my career. Oh yeah, and my DH staying home with the kid for half a year, in 1983 caused quite a commotion. Frankly, these things seemed more important to me than others. I hate the holier than thou attitude some of my neighbors have. It's like reverse snobbery.

[shootingstar]

Too bad your niece prefers gymnastics instead of walking. I have seen far too many kids permanently injured from excessive training and competition in sports when their joints are developing. Ask former gold medal winners/athletes from the 70's- 80's how they are dealing with arthritis now.

We'll see. She's not competing for Olympic nor provincial level entry. She's probably simply training double the amount of time per wk. vs. kids enrolled in gymnastics as a start. What is good to see is a sport which a kid works towards in a goal-oriented way and learns about self-discipline and perseverance along the way. Skills that will help any kid later in life. If she does get some arthritis, better than diabetes or heart problems later when not physically active at all?

So boomers get blamed for burdening the health care system later/soon. We'll see...if soon the younger generation if some don't adopt healthier lifestyle, may need medical care for some health problems that could have been prevented. After all, we seem to hear, read enough about increasingly inactive kids/ sedentary lifestyle, etc.

Agree, that TE is not representative of all women with our lifestyles / cycling tendencies.