Along the lines of this thread, I just recently ran across a web
site/organization that is trying in its own way to deal with the issues of
voluntary simplicity, reduced consumerism, and environmental protection.
http://www.newdream.org
Fairly interesting, worthwhile intentions anyways...
Greg
Loren Muldowney wrote:
> I am presently reading a good book (for about the 10th time), the gist
> of which insists that until and unless we use numerate analysis of
> statements like those below, we don't have a prayer of solving "the
> problem"
>
> Proportions, rates, time scales can all be applied to ideas such as the
> three quotes-without numbers they are correct only in a poetic sense.
>
> "Living Within Limits," and "Filters Against Folly" both by Ecologist
> Garrett Hardin. Worth reading, if the goal is to move beyond poetry to
> the realm of ecologically coherent action.
>
> It's a big problem because the world seems to be literally crawling with
> people who are convinced that they cannot do math, even of an extremely
> simple sort. I fuss over this quite a lot since I am in a teaching
> position. I KNOW that most of my students are NOT too stupid to do
> simple arithmetic, but many refuse to even try. There is a lot of
> "learned helplessness" going on, and I spend a lot of time trying to
> stimulate a wee bit of thinking.
>
> Loren
>
> jeff owens wrote:
> >
> > Here are three quotes that say the same
> > thing:
> >
> > What you do to the earth, you do
> > to yourself. -- Julia Butterfly Hill
> >
> > Everything is connected.
> >
> > Only by viewing people as special or
> > godlike can we separate from the earth.
> > This is how most cultures view the world
> > and few people recognize it as fantasy.
> >
> > jeff
>
> --
> Loren Muldowney
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