Bob- when I said it is your karma what method of travel you choose, I meatI understood what you said, but I don't think you are understanding what I am saying. It's not just me who has to deal with my choice. It's the entire eco-system and all of its associated creatures. A choice to get on an airplane and travel across the world is a choice that poisons the atmosphere and contributes to anthropogenic climate change. No one can do just one thing, that's a basic design principle. It doesn't matter whether avoiding climate emissions is important to me, and not important to others. All choices are not equal. Some choices are worse than others. Some choices do more damage than others. If permaculture sets up what amounts to an attractive nuisance -- a national convergence that encourages people to drive individual cars and book airline tickets -- then the permaculture movement is making a deliberate strategic choice to poison the atmosphere and contribute to climate change for our own selfish reasons. Maybe repaying some karma by doing work at an area populated by lots of Native Americans would make a convergence worthwhile, as long as people take the bus. But if people are going to fly from around the nation, we would be better off if we simply sent them money.
that you (individual) will be the one who has to deal with your choice.
There are many low-carbon ways to transport ourselves these days, so I don't
think this is much of an issue if this is important to you. However, I do
agree that we should design the convergence with low-carbon transport in
mind, like near a bus route or offer rideshares on a llama cart.
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