Good Guys and Bad Guys In the War To Preserve the Natural Environment

In reference to my post about the Smithsonian, a long-time supporter of 2GreenEnergy writes:  Not many Americans are aware that the Smithsonian is “for sale” to special interest groups. 

Btw, thanks for the phrase “Destroying the Earth for Profit.”

Sunny Florida’s Gov. Rick “Luddite” Scott offered $100 million as incentives for weapons makers to relocate. Not a dime for renewables. He even instructed the state’s agencies not to insert the term “climate change” in their publications.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1930’s “Usonian” period (see photo) is relevant to construction today, as well as “Sustainable Communities/Cities.”  Mr. Wright stated.. “Form and function must be joined as one in a spiritual union…harmonizing with nature.”

Thanks.  I had forgotten about that phrase (Destroying the Earth for Profit).  http://2greenenergy.com/2015/05/13/destroying-earth-profit-hell/.

That’s disgusting about Rick Scott, and yes, he’s one of the most loathsome people in the country.   I wouldn’t call him a “Luddite,” insofar as he’s not opposed to technology—just to the technologies that pertain to environmental protection.  I could suggest a substitute word to describe him, but I won’t.

It’s Wright’s birthday today, btw. Coincidentally, I was just reading about his passion for connecting his designs with nature.  From today’s Writer’s Almanac:

Wright would often tell his students: “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” His aim was to design buildings that complemented — even seemed part of — nature. He used building materials like wood and stone, and never painted them. His designs were horizontal, with low rooflines, so that the buildings blended in with the landscape as much as possible. He incorporated walls made almost entirely of windows, to blur the line between the outdoors and the indoors. The glass walls were also functional, using winter sunlight to help heat the house. “No house should ever be on a hill or on anything,” he said. “It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.” Even when he designed skyscrapers and other urban buildings, he always tried to incorporate elements inspired by natural structures.