Living Planet Report
October 1st 2010 23:18
Original Creative Writing:
WWF
The Living Planet Report is the world's leading, science-based analysis on the health of our only planet and the impact of human activity.
It's key finding?
Humanity's demands exceed our planet's capacity to sustain us (we ask for more than what we have).
I think we all know that deep down in our hearts and minds that we have very limited options regarding the future of this planet. It's all very well to say we can live sustainably, but we each individually have to make the shift in that direction in our own way. It is like this stupid political argument about a carbon tax and Australia not needing to go first in terms of putting a price on carbon. Why shouldn't we go first? It will, or something similar, will have to happen, it is inevidable as far as I can see.
I find it very interesting that the creative minds who have written stories in the past (such as George Orwell and Philip K. Dick, Aldous Huxley among many many others) that depicted a science fictional world of harshness have more or less hit the nail on the head as far as a lot of the primary issues go.
No room, no food, no water, no freedom.... That is not the world we wanty to live in, or the legacy we want to leave for our kids - and whoever invented the idea that the younger generation are going to have to save us and the planet must be some pea brained fool.
Does anyone seriously think that you can raise kids in this overly complex consumer driven world who are going to learn how to save the natural world? It doesn't make sense to me, we need to make the shift towards sustainability quicker than that.
Any way - the WWF - will be launching the Living Planet Report in a couple of weeks. In the mean time - check out the You Tube vids they have put up to help us understand.
And have a look at some of the writing or cinema of the past if you want to illuminate your senses and thinking.
Click on the poster to read about this 1972 film ZPG at IMDb
It's key finding?
Humanity's demands exceed our planet's capacity to sustain us (we ask for more than what we have).
No room, no food, no water, no freedom.... That is not the world we wanty to live in, or the legacy we want to leave for our kids - and whoever invented the idea that the younger generation are going to have to save us and the planet must be some pea brained fool.
Does anyone seriously think that you can raise kids in this overly complex consumer driven world who are going to learn how to save the natural world? It doesn't make sense to me, we need to make the shift towards sustainability quicker than that.
Any way - the WWF - will be launching the Living Planet Report in a couple of weeks. In the mean time - check out the You Tube vids they have put up to help us understand.
And have a look at some of the writing or cinema of the past if you want to illuminate your senses and thinking.
Click on the poster to read about this 1972 film ZPG at IMDb
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