7 Generations is about life and its continuity, human and other. it is about the belief that man has a niche to find in the natural order, that he has breached that and is in danger of destroying his/her self and much of the rest of nature as well. The threats are the result of greed and a short term view of life. But the threats are also because we have a mushrooming human population and limited resources. They are because of our lifestyle and economic systems, and these are not easily changed. We have become dependent upon corporate entities that have no emotional, human or spiritual makeup, save the bottom line. We need to break that dependency by adopting locally sustainable ways that are not dependent on burning fossil fuels, or destroying the earth’s resources. We also need to learn to rein in corporations so that they work to the benefit of mankind and the rest of nature. We also face the threat of continuing resource wars as fossil fuel and other resources, including water, dwindle. How will we head off or defuse those wars? We have all the warning signs. Only by working together will we have a chance of overcoming these threats. Let’s have a discussion about these things. Let’s develop a vision for the future, a way out that will protect future generations.
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Melting Ice, Rising Seas
from Mother Jones:
“For Alley, then, the true upshot of the West Antarctica news is this: It makes saving Greenland absolutely essential. Ten feet of sea level rise will be incredibly painful to adapt to already, but 33 feet from the combined loss of West Antarctica and Greenland? It’s simply inconceivable. There is no such thing as adapting to that.”
Growth Economics
Growth will not save us..in fact it will destroy us.
Is there a way to grow safely?
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.
Joseph Campbell
Surviving Dwindling Resources and an Expanding Population
How well is our democracy working?
Who does our government represent?
The Capitalism Experiment
Review of Thomas Piketty’s book, “Capitalism in the 21st Century”
http://vox.lacea.org/?q=book/capital-twenty-first-century
What’s the Real Cost?
Capitalism is leading us off the cliff of global catastrophe and it has no solution to offer, no self-correcting mechanism. Well one, but we don’t use it..we could add all the environmental damage to the cost of the fuel and other products that cause it. That would reveal their true cost, a cost we cannot afford. Hiding these costs does not make them go away. They are borne in another form, loss of life on the planet. Can capitalism be modified and made to work for all of man and nature and not just for the few?
How Many Humans?
Since 1800 the world’s human population has increased seven fold, from one billion then to seven billion today. Given current energy consumption patterns and the rise in fossil fuel consumption from “modernizing” countries like China and India, life as we know it will not be sustainable. Some experts say that the world can sustain a human population of no more than 2 or 3 billion, given present patterns of consumption. Education of women and birth control are seen as key to bringing the population into sustainable levels. What are your thoughts–how can we achieve a sustainable population?
Something Better?
Could we change our way of life and adopt a more cooperative way of getting things done, without the need for wars and huge military budgets to enforce it. If it takes this much military and police presence to maintain the present order, then is it really a good fit? Can we find a better way?
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