Comments on: Save the Polar Bears: Build a Shopping Mall

By: Sour Grapes « Defy Rules by Audrey Alverson

Sour Grapes « Defy Rules by Audrey Alverson — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:45:27 +0000

[...] an inspiring environment, and to do so in an ecologically responsible way. But based on my recent post about The GreenVille Project—one of Leftbank’s tenants—one could say I’m a bit leery of [...]

By: Audrey Alverson

Audrey Alverson — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:54:06 +0000

Ha. Yes, sarcasm undetected… Perhaps because I’ve heard you say that same thing (not sarcastically) many times!

By: jaime

jaime — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:12:53 +0000

Obviously my attempts at sarcastic humor are futile; i’ll leave that to you, the expert

By: Audrey Alverson

Audrey Alverson — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:43:04 +0000

I don’t believe I’ve said that at all. Actually, I think I expressed very explicitly that GreenVille is doing many things that are better than they could be. But I also believe they’ve gone a bit overboard with their lofty claims and it comes across as marketing that is at least approaching the realm of blatant lies. Sorry, but no matter how you slice it, building a shopping mall will not stop ice caps from melting.

By: Jaime

Jaime — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:38:31 +0000

So you’re saying that being “less bad” isn’t good enough, right?

By: Grandpa

Grandpa — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:42:02 +0000

I think you have hit on to something , when you ask is the shopping mall sustainable. I’m thinking that the days of the big shopping malls are numbered, and we will see the trend to more local and smaller stores closer to neighborhoods , or perhaps very small malls in neighborhoods. On the other hand if these big malls are to be built, anything that is done using renewable energy will cut the greenhouse gasses that exacerbate the global warming and will help save the polar bears, although I think it’s a little late for that. To use saving the Bears as reason to sell the building of the mall would make me turn green too.