Comments on: Podcast: Picnic for the Planet Highlights http://blog.greens.org.nz/2010/02/02/podcast-picnic-for-the-planet-highlights/ hopping along the corridors of power Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:44:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: greenfly http://blog.greens.org.nz/2010/02/02/podcast-picnic-for-the-planet-highlights/#comment-104736 greenfly Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:38:12 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=9214#comment-104736 You are right Graham - she's very good.

You are right Graham – she’s very good.

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]]> By: Graham Howell http://blog.greens.org.nz/2010/02/02/podcast-picnic-for-the-planet-highlights/#comment-104729 Graham Howell Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:55:54 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=9214#comment-104729 Having witnessed Met's speach I found it among the strongest social justics speaches I have heard since the heydays of the early 1990s when the Unemployed and Beneficiaries Movement had a number of strong speakers, including Sue Bradford. She targetted the government's increasingly strident and calculated attacks on the country's poorest, perhaps as a softening up process to make fiscal attacks akin to what they announced on 19 December 1990. And for those lacking a sense of history, lookmit up.

Having witnessed Met’s speach I found it among the strongest social justics speaches I have heard since the heydays of the early 1990s when the Unemployed and Beneficiaries Movement had a number of strong speakers, including Sue Bradford. She targetted the government’s increasingly strident and calculated attacks on the country’s poorest, perhaps as a softening up process to make fiscal attacks akin to what they announced on 19 December 1990. And for those lacking a sense of history, lookmit up.

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]]> By: greenfly http://blog.greens.org.nz/2010/02/02/podcast-picnic-for-the-planet-highlights/#comment-103818 greenfly Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:15:15 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=9214#comment-103818 Toad - you have their measure. I laugh in their faces! (sung to the tune of OMC's 'How Bizzare')

Toad – you have their measure. I laugh in their faces! (sung to the tune of OMC’s ‘How Bizzare’)

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]]> By: greenfly http://blog.greens.org.nz/2010/02/02/podcast-picnic-for-the-planet-highlights/#comment-103815 greenfly Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:00:51 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=9214#comment-103815 Tintin - you are <i> so </i> correct it makes my eyes water!

Tintin – you are so correct it makes my eyes water!

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]]> By: Tintin http://blog.greens.org.nz/2010/02/02/podcast-picnic-for-the-planet-highlights/#comment-103810 Tintin Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:39:41 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=9214#comment-103810 I always say to people who give me the regular line "I would vote for you if you just stuck to issues relating to environment", "I kinda doubt you. I'm sure you could find other reasons not to vote for us if we did just that." Does anyone have any better one-liners?

I always say to people who give me the regular line “I would vote for you if you just stuck to issues relating to environment”, “I kinda doubt you. I’m sure you could find other reasons not to vote for us if we did just that.”

Does anyone have any better one-liners?

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]]> By: toad http://blog.greens.org.nz/2010/02/02/podcast-picnic-for-the-planet-highlights/#comment-103793 toad Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:44:28 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=9214#comment-103793 Agreed Valis - that's a lot of what got us into the poop we're in in the first place - the attitude that if your resources are running out go and grab someone elses rather than looking to ways of utilisising them more sustainably.
Agreed Valis – that’s a lot of what got us into the poop we’re in in the first place – the attitude that if your resources are running out go and grab someone elses rather than looking to ways of utilisising them more sustainably.

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]]> By: Valis http://blog.greens.org.nz/2010/02/02/podcast-picnic-for-the-planet-highlights/#comment-103791 Valis Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:39:23 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=9214#comment-103791 <i>Anne, do you mean a party that is prepared to go along with programmes that increase poverty, abbrogate democracy and give succour to international aggression as long as it promotes ecological sustainability?</i> Aye toad, and as though it were even possible to achieve ecological sustainability in those circumstances.
Anne, do you mean a party that is prepared to go along with programmes that increase poverty, abbrogate democracy and give succour to international aggression as long as it promotes ecological sustainability?

Aye toad, and as though it were even possible to achieve ecological sustainability in those circumstances.

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]]> By: toad http://blog.greens.org.nz/2010/02/02/podcast-picnic-for-the-planet-highlights/#comment-103790 toad Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:38:12 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=9214#comment-103790 'fly, it's a bit like the ones who keep saying "I would vote for you if it weren't for your <del datetime="2010-02-02T01:33:51+00:00">industrial relations</del> <del datetime="2010-02-02T01:33:51+00:00">drugs</del> <del datetime="2010-02-02T01:33:51+00:00">trade</del> <del datetime="2010-02-02T01:33:51+00:00">income support</del> <del datetime="2010-02-02T01:33:51+00:00">immigration</del> <b>[insert policy here]</b> policy."
‘fly, it’s a bit like the ones who keep saying “I would vote for you if it weren’t for your industrial relations drugs trade income support immigration [insert policy here] policy.”

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]]> By: greenfly http://blog.greens.org.nz/2010/02/02/podcast-picnic-for-the-planet-highlights/#comment-103786 greenfly Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:24:24 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=9214#comment-103786 Anne is part of a team of mischief-makers who would have us believe that they 'used to vote Green, but won't next time around'. They are fakes. Their claims are fake. I suppose it would be interesting to discover whether they are coordinating their meme, but, no, not interesting enough. All pushing to narrow the Greens activities and neutralise their effects in other areas. I guess 'food safety' would be an interesting field to challenge them on. Is food safety an environmental or a social issue? Or both? They'd have us abandon our very good activities there, because it's 'not a core, environmental issue'. Hah!
Anne is part of a team of mischief-makers who would have us believe that they ‘used to vote Green, but won’t next time around’. They are fakes. Their claims are fake. I suppose it would be interesting to discover whether they are coordinating their meme, but, no, not interesting enough.
All pushing to narrow the Greens activities and neutralise their effects in other areas.
I guess ‘food safety’ would be an interesting field to challenge them on. Is food safety an environmental or a social issue? Or both?
They’d have us abandon our very good activities there, because it’s ‘not a core, environmental issue’.
Hah!

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]]> By: katie http://blog.greens.org.nz/2010/02/02/podcast-picnic-for-the-planet-highlights/#comment-103781 katie Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:11:59 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=9214#comment-103781 To echo Toad: Anne, the Green party has always been engaged in <b>four</b> charter principles, not just environmental issues. <blockquote cite>The charter is the founding document of The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand accepts Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the founding document of Aotearoa New Zealand; recognises Maori as Tangata Whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand; and commits to the following four Principles: <b>Ecological Wisdom:</b> The basis of ecological wisdom is that human beings are part of the natural world. This world is finite, therefore unlimited material growth is impossible. Ecological sustainability is paramount. <b>Social Responsibility:</b> Unlimited material growth is impossible. Therefore the key to social responsibility is the just distribution of social and natural resources, both locally and globally. <b>Appropriate Decision-making:</b> For the implementation of ecological wisdom and social responsibility, decisions will be made directly at the appropriate level by those affected. <b>Non-Violence:</b> Non-violent conflict resolution is the process by which ecological wisdom, social responsibility and appropriate decision making will be implemented. This principle applies at all levels. </blockquote> It is also available in maaori, here on the Green's website: http://www.greens.org.nz/charter
To echo Toad:
Anne, the Green party has always been engaged in four charter principles, not just environmental issues.

The charter is the founding document of The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand accepts Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the founding document of Aotearoa New Zealand; recognises Maori as Tangata Whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand; and commits to the following four Principles:

Ecological Wisdom:
The basis of ecological wisdom is that human beings are part of the natural world. This world is finite, therefore unlimited material growth is impossible. Ecological sustainability is paramount.
Social Responsibility:
Unlimited material growth is impossible. Therefore the key to social responsibility is the just distribution of social and natural resources, both locally and globally.
Appropriate Decision-making:
For the implementation of ecological wisdom and social responsibility, decisions will be made directly at the appropriate level by those affected.
Non-Violence:
Non-violent conflict resolution is the process by which ecological wisdom, social responsibility and appropriate decision making will be implemented. This principle applies at all levels.

It is also available in maaori, here on the Green’s website:
http://www.greens.org.nz/charter

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]]> By: toad http://blog.greens.org.nz/2010/02/02/podcast-picnic-for-the-planet-highlights/#comment-103778 toad Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:53:29 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=9214#comment-103778 Anne, do you mean a party that is prepared to go along with programmes that increase poverty, abbrogate democracy and give succour to international aggression as long as it promotes ecological sustainability? Sustainability through plutocracy, authoritarianism, and imperialism isn't my cup of tea.
Anne, do you mean a party that is prepared to go along with programmes that increase poverty, abbrogate democracy and give succour to international aggression as long as it promotes ecological sustainability?

Sustainability through plutocracy, authoritarianism, and imperialism isn’t my cup of tea.

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]]> By: Anne http://blog.greens.org.nz/2010/02/02/podcast-picnic-for-the-planet-highlights/#comment-103762 Anne Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:37:23 +0000 http://blog.greens.org.nz/?p=9214#comment-103762 That's the trouble, the Greens are no longer an environmental party - I've supported them since they started but feel the way they're heading I won't be able to vote for them at the next election. Time for an Environmental Party in New Zealand.

That’s the trouble, the Greens are no longer an environmental party – I’ve supported them since they started but feel the way they’re heading I won’t be able to vote for them at the next election. Time for an Environmental Party in New Zealand.

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