31-12-2009, 10:10 AM
(This post was last modified: 31-12-2009, 01:05 PM by Peter Lemkin.)
The current economic system, with its almost total disregard for nature, is steamrolling both people and the planet. Profits uber alles inevitably will lead to social and ecological breakdowns. Bold innovative ideas are needed to repair and nurture the earth. The traditional path of growth for growth's sake and conventional notions of development require urgent reexamination. Years ago consumption was another name for tuberculosis. Today it is a lifestyle. It is something desirable and is heavily promoted by corporate advertising. To paraphrase Descartes, We consume, therefore we are. But look at the real costs. Environmental degradation is accelerating. The scale of the crises demands replacing the dominant fragmented techno-economic worldview with a more holistic perspective embracing the interdependence of the natural world. More and more communities around the globe are
discovering the value of self-reliance and exploring alternative models. :goodnight:
Film that addresses this message: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...9183318053
Website that deals with this: http://www.isec.org.uk/
Also see the threads on Derrick Jensen on this Forum
NB - I lost my job for teaching this message at my university. [my new year present :puke:]
discovering the value of self-reliance and exploring alternative models. :goodnight:
Film that addresses this message: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...9183318053
Website that deals with this: http://www.isec.org.uk/
Also see the threads on Derrick Jensen on this Forum
NB - I lost my job for teaching this message at my university. [my new year present :puke:]
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
