Landfill Tours in Sarasota

Posted by Rebecca Carter on Oct 3, 2006 in Trash | 2 comments

LandfillNatural Capitalism – Sarasota reports that the County will be allowing a limited number of people to tour the local landfill. More info: "Visitors remain aboard an air-conditioned bus for the landfill tour, but may walk through the recycling plant and the hazardous chemical collection center. Protective lenses will be provided. Closed shoes are required for each tour. Guests should be prepared for loud noises and an industrial environment."

Anyone ever heard of something like this happening in Miami? Anyone have a contact in Solid Waste? Would you even be interested if it was offered?

Photo: Miami Landfill via Jonathan’s Photoblog

2 Responses to “Landfill Tours in Sarasota”

  1. I’ve stepped in The South Dade Landfill…It was an odd and unique experience but not something I’d like to do again…

  2. sushil_yadav says:

    The link between Mind and Social / Environmental-Issues.
    The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in psychological problems besides destroying the environment. All issues are interlinked. Our Minds cannot be peaceful when attention-spans are down to nanoseconds, microseconds and milliseconds. Our Minds cannot be peaceful if we destroy Nature.
    Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment.
    Subject : In a fast society slow emotions become extinct.
    Subject : A thinking mind cannot feel.
    Subject : Scientific/ Industrial/ Financial thinking destroys the planet.
    Subject : Environment can never be saved as long as cities exist.
    Emotion is what we experience during gaps in our thinking.
    If there are no gaps there is no emotion.
    Today people are thinking all the time and are mistaking thought (words/ language) for emotion.
    When society switches-over from physical work (agriculture) to mental work (scientific/ industrial/ financial/ fast visuals/ fast words ) the speed of thinking keeps on accelerating and the gaps between thinking go on decreasing.
    There comes a time when there are almost no gaps.
    People become incapable of experiencing/ tolerating gaps.
    Emotion ends.
    Man becomes machine.
    A society that speeds up mentally experiences every mental slowing-down as Depression / Anxiety.
    A ( travelling )society that speeds up physically experiences every physical slowing-down as Depression / Anxiety.
    A society that entertains itself daily experiences every non-entertaining moment as Depression / Anxiety.
    FAST VISUALS /WORDS MAKE SLOW EMOTIONS EXTINCT.
    SCIENTIFIC /INDUSTRIAL /FINANCIAL THINKING DESTROYS EMOTIONAL CIRCUITS.
    A FAST (LARGE) SOCIETY CANNOT FEEL PAIN / REMORSE / EMPATHY.
    A FAST (LARGE) SOCIETY WILL ALWAYS BE CRUEL TO ANIMALS/ TREES/ AIR/ WATER/ LAND AND TO ITSELF.
    To read the complete article please follow either of these links :
    PlanetSave
    EarthNewsWire
    sushil_yadav

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