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| Been in the business of mass communication and making efforts to ease the person-to-person communication process |
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Jan 09, 2009 04:40:06 AM |
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A University of Iowa study has found that food on average travels about 1,500 miles to reach people's tables. A US dietician in her book has called it "SUV eating style", which contributes to global warming more than the cars they drive.
Highly processed packaged foods are the biggest culprits in this regard. This makes food a new part of the dialogue about the environment. But this is something which is in our hands and we don’t need legislation to bring about a change.
Turn vegetarian. Buy local. At all cost avoid SUV style eating.
There is no use eliminating meat and eating organic food if that organic food is shipped by air and freight halfway around the world. Eating green strikes a balance between cost, health and the planet -- a win-win for everyone. |
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| I have been here many years in this mind/body called Dave. I enjoy people, animals, nature, mechanisms, computers and programming; It is fun to talk and discuss interesting issues like why and who we are. Philosophy is a strong interest and part of this life. |
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wrote on Jul 08, 2010 |
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Jan 08, 2009 02:41:44 PM |
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I've been reading that a huge number of people quite sick and tired of the consumeristic society they live in are trying to opt out of it by consuming less and living on about a 1€/day using this money for food, clothing and entertaiment.
.. ...i am referring to the west and not to wealthy people living in poorer countries. Ofcourse a huge number of people live on practically one tenth that amount...but i cant imagine that's actually called living..
Has anyone tried it out on this group? I wondering how one pays one's bills for rent etc.. i suppose this lifestyle would not include mobile phone, so no telephone bill, ...A friend of mine who had gone on a scholarship to Italy, ran out of money completely ringing home. Luckily she had two skills, one was puppetry that was super and the other was cooking, so she managed to make ends meet while she was studying ... |
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Chandra Vikash |
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| A thinker and practitioner for smart and sustainable living. I like to play a self-devised game on how to maximise a sense of bliss, abundance and fulfilment with every day lower ecological footprint. The challenge is to get more and more players interested in this game and to keep evolving new variations for novelty and to keep pace with the new aspirations. |
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Oct 14, 2008 12:08:17 PM |
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People have far greater “exposure” to lots of addictive junk thru’ television..which has over a past few decades seeped deeper to almost emerge as the popular culture. Lots of it has got enmeshed and consecrated as part of the accepted lifestyle and things to aspire for – fulfilling our need for achievement and social status.
On the face of it there may be nothing wrong with owning an even bigger car or an expansive house – whether an apartment or a villa; 100% diesel-based power back-ups; air-tight rooms with 24x7 air-conditioning; lavish vacations to far out destinations etc. etc.
Yet, as you dig deeper, you discover plenty of shady and murky stuff that lots of this shine and glitter tries to cover up – trillions of subsidies that are pumped year after year to keep these aspirational lifestyles “within reach”. And the moment it seems to slip away - there is a quick bail out - even as a number of really important agenda on energy, climate and social justice are slipping behind.
The challenge, on one hand, is to supply useful stuff and to warn about the dangers of the additive junk – which communities such as Copperwiki are commendably doing. At the same time, we need to rehabilitate the delinquent adults many of whom are out in the open in alarming numbers - even writing the rules and setting policies that responsible adults are forced to live up with. Like all good things, democracy is becoming a liability and needs to urgently reinvent itself: 1. To allow every child - a vote through its natural or rightful guardian. 2. Candidates must be screened and appraised on their competency for the job. The scores must weight in good proportion with the popular vote. Can we debate and mandate these changes, if it passes the debate, before it's "too late"? Is their any alternative? |
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Oct 10, 2008 10:36:40 PM |
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The visit to set up an Integrated Knowledge Centre (IKC) for Rural Community Development by India Village Liberation (IViL) on Nov 09, 2008 at Natham Village, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, South India was a success.
The pictures taken on the occasion can be seen at http://picasaweb.google.co.in/krisdev/IViL_Natham_visit_Nov09_2008?authkey=BybsgSyl1ZY# |
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| What is the bottom line of life? Do we need to have a goal and a dream to achieve something in life? If yes, what is it? If not why not? Willy nilly, have we complicated our lives? Are we chasing a mirage in life? Have we taken things for granted? What is the criteria minima for leading a peaceful life? Can we reverse the clock of unhappiness to lead a happy and blissful life? |
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