apparently US officials say that stabilizing CO2 emissions (around 535ppm) sufficiently to prevent more than a 2 degree temperature increase could lead to a global recession: “no world leader will pursue a strategy that would lead to economic recession.”
I wonder if that is really true? i wonder if the people of this world will see that if we want the concept of economic prosperity to continue to exist, we are rather dependent on an environment that is supportive of life… we are required to find better balance with our environment. It is not an option. It is not an economic trade off. Either we decide to find a gentle balance or we will face strife and natural disasters and repercussions stemming from over consumption and over combustion… It is simple and obvious.
Some people eat over 1 kg (2.2 pounds) of meat per day (on average)…
Some on the other hand don’t :
From the 17th August until the 7th December 1996, Umasankar-ji stopped eating and sleeping altogether. His body weight remained the same and he continued his daily routine working in the assram in a perfect state of health.
How?
This swamiji, is said to “eat” the energy from the sun. Is it hocus pocus? Lies and Illusions? The website is quite convincing…
Organic semiconductors make cheap, flexible photovoltaics and LEDs from PhysOrg.com
Imagine T-shirts that light up, or a beach umbrella that collects solar energy to run a portable TV. How about really cheap solar collectors for the roof? All this and more could come from cutting-edge research at Cornell that demonstrates a new type of organic semiconductor device which shows electroluminescence and acts as a photovoltaic cell.
Agent Smith: I’d like to share a revelation that I’ve had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you’re not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area, and you multiply, and multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. A virus. Human beings are a disease, you are a cancer of this planet, and we are the cure. Agent_Smith_human_disease
In the matrix these words are from an agent of an inhumane population of machines who could care less about the physical appearance of the planet earth… a population of bloodless, compassionless, cluelessly clever machines that had managed to create a virtual world that “tricked” us all into feeding their electrical supply with our neuronal impulses. A curiously sustainable system i may add.
Other relevant links:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/
Especially these 2 from the “Watch a Preview” link:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/preview/media/3108_1_ref.mov
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/preview/media/3108_2_ref.mov
http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/media/alteredearth.swf?mii=1
(please download/link/share and show your friends!)
UPDATE:
the new 2007 version is up: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/39894058/
64% ~= $632 Billion $ is military (please keep in mind 7 Billion by Russia is the next biggest military expenditure in the world note: they are allies)
What is your career contributing to?
What true needs and frivolous wants are you striving to fulfill?
What is the true source of those wants, and do they deserve the attention that you give them?
If you feel attacked or annoyed or judged by those simple questions, please “don’t shoot the messenger”… This is real data and it demands attention… i hope that as americans we can realize that we can give alot more away before contributing to this system that is so clearly OUT OF ORDER…
We do have strength, in numbers and in information, and in ideals! Hopefully, also, in sufficient sustainable action!
What do you think it’s going to take for more of us to grasp the
seriousness of our situation? How would you describe those conditions
that are going to provoke us to really change?
I think that all conditions are provoking us to really change. (more…)
I really get the feeling that we need to wear our sharp pointy skeptic noses… everything eco, bio, green, soft and fuzzy isn’t always backed by sound environmental ethics… take bio-diesel fuel for example.
“Between 1985 and 2000,” it [was] found: “the development of oil-palm plantations was responsible for an estimated 87 per cent of deforestation in Malaysia”. In Sumatra and Borneo, some 4 million hectares of forest have been converted to palm farms. Now a further 6 million hectares are scheduled for clearance in Malaysia, and 16.5 million in Indonesia.[…][The british government:]Knowing that the creation of this [bio diesel]market will lead to a massive surge in imports of palm oil, knowing that there is nothing meaningful it can do to prevent them, and knowing that they will accelerate rather than ameliorate climate change, the government has decided to go ahead anyway.
perhaps the worst part is the role of govenments with money blinding their insight and leading to their destructive decisions.
