Just a bit of a follow up from my previous post on the state of our global environment.....
In all kinds of debates there are people for and against certain issues. On the last day of the Rio+20 Earth Summit, a heated argument broke out between leftist Presidents from Bolivia and Ecuador, along with indigenous people, stating that the promotion of a "Green Economy" was just a ploy laden with capitalist greed and was even so far as to be described as a "new colonialism" that would be imposed on developing countries....
http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Fights-brew-at-Rio20-climate-summit-20120622
To an extent I can understand why these guys would say that. I mean, they have been left behind the rest of the world in terms of development, and its reached a point for these developing countries where they resent the rest of the world for having the ability to develop. They feel like the fat kid who gets chosen last to play a soccer game at school, and then gets placed as the goal keeper, or sits on the bench!! The developed countries became who they are due to favorable events throughout history as well as the sheer driving force of the human spirit to better itself and improve. Colonialism occurred essentially for power over land control across the world. Any civilization would have done the same, regardless of the colour of their skin, or native culture. Those that colonized our countries did so for these purposes. As a result of these events, we now have roads, we now have technology that helps us in our every day lives. We now use a concoction of stone and sand to make what we refer to as "houses" to live in. Its because of this "colonialism" that you can now read this very blog, on the other side of the world, or off your hand help communication device that we call a CELL PHONE or depending where you live, a "MOBILE PHONE".
The green economy will probably be used to make money from developing countries natural resources, but it will also be used to grow the economy of the developing country it self. The fact that we actually have a conference of this kind and topic is a strong indication that we are beginning to take action to protect our planet and better it..naturally. There are good people out there that want to help and who are concerned about the growing environmental issues facing us.
For those poorer/developing countries that suffer from poverty and hunger, maybe an idea would be to not have so many kids! That way, the little money you do have will last that much longer. In this day and age, cultural practices may have helped during a time when it was needed. However, as we have advanced to a level where we are very reliable on materialistic based needs and wants, the way we think has to change if we want to survive. That is the unfortunate truth. Hence...our world therefore needs to be rebooted some how. We need to think of alternative ways of doing things.
Once again, I'm bringing up the word "Alternative". It is clearly evident that what we are doing now and what we are using to do whatever we are "doing", is wrong. Its only providing short term benefits and not long term. Yes, its good to think in the present, but we need to act for the future.
Act LOCAL and think GLOBAL!
Have a nice weekend!
In all kinds of debates there are people for and against certain issues. On the last day of the Rio+20 Earth Summit, a heated argument broke out between leftist Presidents from Bolivia and Ecuador, along with indigenous people, stating that the promotion of a "Green Economy" was just a ploy laden with capitalist greed and was even so far as to be described as a "new colonialism" that would be imposed on developing countries....
http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Fights-brew-at-Rio20-climate-summit-20120622
To an extent I can understand why these guys would say that. I mean, they have been left behind the rest of the world in terms of development, and its reached a point for these developing countries where they resent the rest of the world for having the ability to develop. They feel like the fat kid who gets chosen last to play a soccer game at school, and then gets placed as the goal keeper, or sits on the bench!! The developed countries became who they are due to favorable events throughout history as well as the sheer driving force of the human spirit to better itself and improve. Colonialism occurred essentially for power over land control across the world. Any civilization would have done the same, regardless of the colour of their skin, or native culture. Those that colonized our countries did so for these purposes. As a result of these events, we now have roads, we now have technology that helps us in our every day lives. We now use a concoction of stone and sand to make what we refer to as "houses" to live in. Its because of this "colonialism" that you can now read this very blog, on the other side of the world, or off your hand help communication device that we call a CELL PHONE or depending where you live, a "MOBILE PHONE".
The green economy will probably be used to make money from developing countries natural resources, but it will also be used to grow the economy of the developing country it self. The fact that we actually have a conference of this kind and topic is a strong indication that we are beginning to take action to protect our planet and better it..naturally. There are good people out there that want to help and who are concerned about the growing environmental issues facing us.
For those poorer/developing countries that suffer from poverty and hunger, maybe an idea would be to not have so many kids! That way, the little money you do have will last that much longer. In this day and age, cultural practices may have helped during a time when it was needed. However, as we have advanced to a level where we are very reliable on materialistic based needs and wants, the way we think has to change if we want to survive. That is the unfortunate truth. Hence...our world therefore needs to be rebooted some how. We need to think of alternative ways of doing things.
Once again, I'm bringing up the word "Alternative". It is clearly evident that what we are doing now and what we are using to do whatever we are "doing", is wrong. Its only providing short term benefits and not long term. Yes, its good to think in the present, but we need to act for the future.
Act LOCAL and think GLOBAL!
Have a nice weekend!
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