This week, I had the pleasure of listening to Mr. Zepp speak on his experiences running the Finger Lakes Land Trust, and on his environmental advocacy throughout the region. First of all, I was struck by his emphasis on consensus and “win-win” arrangements. Too often, when I think of environmentalism, I think of advocates protesting in front of legislatures or corporate offices, trying to force regulations upon resistant businesses (however sorely they may be needed). This, I was please to observe, did not seem to be Mr. Zepp’s method of advocacy. In my own efforts in disability advocacy, I have noticed that Mr. Zepp’s method works, in general, far better than the more combative measure, and it seems to be working just as effectively in his line of work as well. That said, he did acknowledge (as I do) that such confrontational advocacy, in the political arena, has its own definite time and place, and that without it much less would be done.