One Of The Six Other Guys

The Dude Lebowski is Jeff Dowd of the Seattle Seven who lives in LA now and does LA type-stuff with film and such. He's working on a book called The Dude Abides which we're looking forward to. Another of the Seattle Seven cropped up today in interview form over on Grist. Rabbi Michael Lerner is still kicking around political scenes with his organization "devoted to developing a spiritual vision for the left."

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Check out the interview, parts I and II.

Do you think the environmental movement shoots itself in the foot by using fear?

I think there's something to be scared about. There's objectively something to be scared about. I don't think it's a mistake to talk about it.

But I think it's a mistake to leave the conversation there. It's not that mentioning global warming is inappropriate; it's just not sufficient. It doesn't create a sustainable movement. A sustainable movement has to have a larger vision that is hopeful and positive. Along with truths about the dangers of destruction, it has to have a vision of what kind of world is possible. That's what this movement doesn't have.