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posted by [identity profile] skylarker.livejournal.com at 12:23am on 16/07/2007
I do recommend these books.

One of the positive spins on the issue is that the older, pre-baby boom, pre-environmental awareness generations are passing on and the ones who care about these issues are coming into maturity and positions of power and influence.
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posted by [identity profile] madam-silvertip.livejournal.com at 12:31am on 16/07/2007
Oddly enough, it's the baby boomers I fault most. It's like they knew and didn't do anything other than navelgaze. I know that sounds harsh, but I hear more environmental awareness from people older than baby boom.

Maybe having Bush as the baby boomer president right now has made me more cynical. Or maybe it's that I think the baby boomers took lousy care of my generation. If we were Gen X, whose fault was that??????
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posted by [identity profile] skylarker.livejournal.com at 12:38am on 16/07/2007
Bush certainly doesn't represent my values, or those of most of the other baby boomers I know. Of course, me and most of those I know are from the tail end of the baby boomer bunch. I grew up hearing about environmental issues. It's something that was always a concern in my family, growing up.
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posted by [identity profile] madam-silvertip.livejournal.com at 12:43am on 16/07/2007
That's one of the weird things about Bush, that he so does not represent the majority. Of course I didn't judge the boomers by Clinton either.

I pegged you as being from the younger end--I couldn't tell if you were younger baby boom, or older gen-X like me and most of my friends. The older end of baby boom (born during the war or just after) also are usually very cool. The middle ones (47-48 especially) are the most mixed bag in my experience.

Though this is a generalization, and an ill-tempered one, so not cool by definition. I still think the baby boom can do great things. Most generations do their best work in their sixties.
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posted by [identity profile] skylarker.livejournal.com at 12:47am on 16/07/2007
If nothing else, it will be interesting to see what our generations do in the coming years.
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posted by [identity profile] madam-silvertip.livejournal.com at 12:55am on 16/07/2007
I keep thinking I should try to keep a diary like Anne Frank's or Etty Hillesum's or Mary Chesnut's--that it may be of some historical value in the future. Except I had nothing coherent to say about Katrina except humina-humina-humina and anticipate more of the same...
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