What's so radical about caring for the Earth?

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  • he still stands
    he still stands Posts: 2,835
    Jeanwah wrote:
    I think many people know that money is pretty unimportant in the grand scheme of things, but there are still so many who are wrapped up in greed, competition, and selfishness that I think the problem isn't fixable either. World leaders lead that way to short-sightedness, and the people (the sheep anyway) follow. I'm gunning toward a higher consciousness, and would like to see more follow that train of thought. But it probably won't be everyone; money preoccupation is a disease, and inevitably that disease will bring the species down. So I do what I can do on a small scale of making the world a better place to live, I teach my daughter about the environment and why taking care of others is so important, and not to listen to what society and the media tells us what we should believe is important.

    +1 and agreed...

    I like the 2012 "singularity" theory proposed by mcKenna, that it isn't the end of days... it's just the end of days as we know it

    here's how it's got to happen (thoughts from the "Is World Peace Attainable?" thread):
    technology has to win the race versus the Malthusian end of days/peak oil situation.

    what is going to happen is a rapid ascension of technology that allows us to be interconnected to everyone all the time. Eventually, we will be so interconnected via technology that we will create a fabric of a single consciousness with everyone and with the technology itself. A single consciousness will pervade the world and it will be the singularity... where we are all one entity of love, peace and understanding. At that point we will hyperevolve and spread out through the universe via nano-technology and the universe will be complete; a single consciousness that communicates with everyone and everything, all the time. In short, man will create God, as has been our destiny since we began thinking about anything other than mere survival.

    come on, it's simple.

    disclaimer: LSD had something to do with my postulation, so buyer beware.

    :mrgreen:
    Everything not forbidden is compulsory and eveything not compulsory is forbidden. You are free... free to do what the government says you can do.
  • whygohome
    whygohome Posts: 2,305
    What's so radical about caring for the Earth?

    Answer: Nothing.
  • whygohome
    whygohome Posts: 2,305
    dignin wrote:
    Take a quick look at Germany. Going green makes sense, dont listen to the debbie downers.

    http://www.timescolonist.com/business/G ... story.html

    or a bit of a longer look

    http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... 8109ba8af2

    +1

    :mrgreen:
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,675
    whygohome wrote:
    What's so radical about caring for the Earth?

    Answer: Nothing.
    :thumbup: Often times the best answer is the most simple, straight-forward.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • blueandwhite
    blueandwhite Posts: 662
    Isn't caring about the Earth a form of socialism? As I understand things, this is unacceptable for most capitalists. The thought of having your markets regulated to ensure that the planet is sustained over the long term just doesn't fit into the equation. When I think of the US, I think of muscle cars with large V8s and accountants driving pickup trucks that will never see so much as a piece of plywood in the back. Environmentalism runs counter to those ideals.

    I think it's very hard to sell environmentalism in a world where mass consumption is romanticized.

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