In praise of feet

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A delightful piece at culturechange.org by Bill Bunn raises the issue of humanity's pace in the world: "The entire scheme of nature, and the human’s place within it, is built around the understanding that humans use their legs to move. It’s a great unspoken assumption. The earth expects humans to walk."

He also gives some serious stats about the death toll on our highways - 50 million birds, serious impact on insects....something i have been wondering about for many years. It's the same old...all those little impacts add up, and the car just has to become a special event kind of tool. We'll all be so much better off for that. As for that "quality time" that so many people only get when they are alone in their cars, well, walking gives you lots of time to think and enjoy the scenery.

http://culturechange.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=372&Itemid=1