tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512805714828992694.post5204533524982194668..comments2022-11-13T05:09:52.492-06:00Comments on Global Maddy : NEPAL~ The Battered Wife ~ Sad Letter (March 10, 2013)Global Maddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15794058036742571525noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512805714828992694.post-13192407009430110932013-04-07T18:21:48.942-05:002013-04-07T18:21:48.942-05:00Hi Madeline,
Your letters inspired me through my P...Hi Madeline,<br />Your letters inspired me through my Peace Corps application process and subsequent service. I arrived at the same cross-roads about how to reconcile promoting conservation to the impoverished who struggle for their daily bread as they destroy the the environment...truly there is no easy answer when it seems they are doing the dirty work of the 1st world.<br />Thanks!Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07454817478514115727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512805714828992694.post-21174740047932606782013-03-24T08:16:48.140-05:002013-03-24T08:16:48.140-05:00Madeline,
Again I am blessed to have met you on ou...Madeline,<br />Again I am blessed to have met you on our trip to China. I love your letters, even those that are hard to read. Stay safe, be well and know you always have a friend in Vermont.<br /><br />Peace,<br />Gail KilkellyGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05068828498613691895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512805714828992694.post-43985661113434965472013-03-24T07:42:29.819-05:002013-03-24T07:42:29.819-05:00In 25 years..... Do you think people were happier ...In 25 years..... Do you think people were happier with the way things are or were? Progress seems to be overrated , yet is the progress actually making things better for the people that live there? <br />Great blog Maddy, looking forward to reading your new posts ,and catching up with you on your old posts.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00382904986246953266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512805714828992694.post-19675160139933514952013-03-23T16:36:02.609-05:002013-03-23T16:36:02.609-05:00Hi Madeline,
Environmental consciousness is relati...Hi Madeline,<br />Environmental consciousness is relatively new in the USA. I remember the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 having a profound affect on signage. EPA has only been around since 1970. Before that, you would need to hold your breath if you were driving through Gary, Indiana in a similar manner as you write about in Kathmandu.<br /><br />Smelling the exhaust fumes from vehicles and motorbikes which do not meet EPA standards and are not imported into the USA can be eye opening.<br /><br />However, just as in the USA, the environmental consciousness of the native population demanded change, so too will change only come through grass roots efforts by the population of Nepal...education during formative years.<br /><br />Personally, given the choice between outhouses, and 80 dollar a month income with friendly natives, and what we have in this country with all our government agencies, I think I, like you, would prefer the primitive life.<br /><br />Peace,<br />Garyg.rushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13303011103748915232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512805714828992694.post-68159147642052016002013-03-23T15:47:59.492-05:002013-03-23T15:47:59.492-05:00May the grace that is of the gods cast a welcomed ...May the grace that is of the gods cast a welcomed cloud over your journeys...Step lightly on your own shadow.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06030305397611262560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512805714828992694.post-88791346907881319452013-03-23T12:56:17.926-05:002013-03-23T12:56:17.926-05:00When I traveled to Nepal in the late 70s I thought...When I traveled to Nepal in the late 70s I thought it was the country highest on my list for re-visiting. (Tho even then the view of Kathmandu from the surrounding hills was through a veil of smog.) Now, not at all as brave as Maddy, I wouldn't visit again. As I look around Madison parks, I see little litter but I know this is just surface--we are busy polluting in large and significant ways--you just can't see it. kachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11642709014272106421noreply@blogger.com