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 > -- *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 "SocialScience STF" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to socialsciencestf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to socialsciencestf@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/socialsciencestf. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/socialsciencestf/CANJf2f9JPBUN64dY3tOK8uoDeMHp_%3DXUGeE6%2BNFgezUCNOv_Mg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
