ELF Said to Be Responsible for Firebombing "Green" Mansions

For "members" of the Earth Liberation Front, the crisis of human development and exploitation of natural resources warrants extreme responses, even to the point of threatening their fellow humans. Past exploits have included the infamous "spiking" of trees to endanger those who were cutting them down with chainsaws.

In Woodinsville, Washington today, according to the Associated Press, the ELF was said to be responsible for the fire-bombing of several 4,000-plus square foot luxury home showcases on the "Street of Dreams," also said to be in an area encroaching on the habitat of endangered species. A sign and painted statements suggested the group's involvement in the arson attack on houses which the builders were showing with the latest in "green" building techniques, but were also two to four times the size of most houses, with three and four car garages and other "excesses."

In Colorado, the struggle between the right to use personal property as one sees fit and the responsibility to consider the environment when building living and working spaces and living one's life has been increasing. For the most part the efforts have been political, and voters and activists have worked hard to discuss the issues at hand and propose resolutions. Boulder County is said to be restricting the size of homes developed in rural areas where the direct effect on others would seem to be minimal, and in Aspen, taxes on resource consumption have not eliminated the need to keep huge vacation homes heated during the majority of the time when they are unoccupied.