What Sharief said, ditto. I in no way meant to disparage recycling. I think Sharief points out (by implication) another useful categorization along with Erik's recycler/evangelist, that of "broadband" vs. "internal" organizing. The broadband is what you do when you happen upon someone on a Magna out in the street, or stir up a conversation at the bar with some new friends about bikes. The internal is when, say, you spend three hours with a homegirl/boy teaching them how to adjust their gears, brakes, etc . . . and then committing them to teach two other people the same. I think my rant was addressing the broadband, which may have led one to think I meant to disparage the more intensive and mission-critical work of recycling/internal organizing.
What an awesome thread.
James T.