The plea to reduce consumerism is on the same lines of what Jesus Christ said "... I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God....."
Merry Christmas to all .... regards, Guru IT for Change, Bengaluru www.ITforChange.net On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 1:18 PM, Gurumurthy K <itfc.stfk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear teachers > > I learnt in my school that India's biggest (or one of India's biggest > problems) was 'population explosion'. During the emergency, mass > sterilisation (often forced) was done to 'control population'. Even today, > we have sterilisation camps (mostly for women), to reduce the population. > Even now it is popular thinking that our poverty, malnutrition, illiteracy > are all due to 'population explosion' > > However, it is more and more clear to many that an important cause of > poverty is the rampant consumerism in a minority of the world's population > .. As Gandhi said..'there is enough for everyone's (and everyone's) need > but not for everyones greed...' ... we can take care of all the people in > the world and provide them food, clothing, shelter and meaningful > work/life.... but the earth cannot afford current rates of exploitation and > mindless consumerism / greed ... > > " Pope Francis reached the same conclusion; he points out that blaming > “population growth instead of extreme and selective consumerism on the part > of some, is one way of refusing to face the issues.” To blame population > growth is, he goes on to say, “an attempt to legitimize the present model > of distribution [of wealth and resources], where a minority believes that > it has the right to consume in a way which can never be universalized, > since the planet could not even contain the waste products of such > consumption.” > > read more at http://www.nationofchange.org/2016/12/21/rapacious- > consumerism-climate-change > > Consumerism is the biggest cause of climate change/environmental > degradation ... and since it is inherent in the current model of > capitalism, it is important that we re-look at our 'Economics' and reform > it ... including what we teach in schools > > Comments welcome.. > > regards > Guru > IT for Change, Bengaluru > www.ITforChange.net > -- EnglishSTF Link: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/englishstf -- *For doubts on Ubuntu and other public software, visit http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions **Are you using pirated software? Use Sarvajanika Tantramsha, see http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_Software ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಇಲಾಖೆಗೆ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ***If a teacher wants to join STF-read http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Become_a_STF_groups_member --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "EnglishSTF" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to englishstf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to englishstf@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/englishstf. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/englishstf/CANJf2f9JPBUN64dY3tOK8uoDeMHp_%3DXUGeE6%2BNFgezUCNOv_Mg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
