>Bad News: 23 countries have armed conflict
> 5500 nuclear weapons are on alert
> ecological destruction is accelerating.
> poverty is increasing.
>
>Good News: We know how to solve all the problems.
>
> ---
>
>The UN's Seville Statement says it all..
>
> As war begins in our minds, so peace also begins in our
> minds. The same species that invited war is capable of
> inviting peace. It follows that, humankind is responsible
> for the twentieth century's culture of violence, war and
> environmental degradation.
>
> The responsibility lies within each of us to work together
> as citizens of the world to make this gift of life for
> present and future generations. We must seize the
> opportunity before the window closes.
>
>Notice that The UN does not think "science" and "technology" are
>where we will find solutions. The problem is "us" and the
>solution is "us". The belief in a "magic pill" or scientific
>breakthrough is just a way to avoid responsibility and pass
>the problems to our children.
>
> ----
> Source - Humanist Magazine
> April 2000
>
>
>jeff
So much for the state of the world. When I was younger I got very involved
in the causes of the world. At that time it was El Salvador and the the
Iranian contra scandal. Well George Bush (one of the worlds biggest cocaine
dealers of the time) came out smelling like a rose. NOt much justice there.
I got pretty burned out with it all.
i agree. Peace does start with me. I have to admit that I have allot to
work on in this department.
I do enjoy the ideas around sustainable living, because they provide a
constructive path for withdrawing energies from that world of politics, and
destruction to investing it more locally. It enables me or you to do
something of a healing nature for ourselves and the planet.
Rather than complaining about the 'Energy Corporations' sucking us dry, we
can find ways to both reduce energy needs and create it ourselves. This is a
path of personal responsiblity.
Screw the World
Richard
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