http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/hunger-and-poverty-overshadowed/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hunger-and-poverty-overshadowed Web Magazine and Video Briefs dealing with Climate Change, Peak Oil and Food Security in Japan and the World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:49:13 +0900 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/hunger-and-poverty-overshadowed/comment-page-1/#comment-5706 News Room :: Art rationing: the culture of less Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:15:55 +0000 http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/?p=148#comment-5706 [...] to believe we are overburdened by consumption. I’m sure a lot of the world would find this more than a little ironic, but let’s not knock it. A culture of less would be a good [...] [...] to believe we are overburdened by consumption. I’m sure a lot of the world would find this more than a little ironic, but let’s not knock it. A culture of less would be a good [...]

]]> http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/hunger-and-poverty-overshadowed/comment-page-1/#comment-5705 Art rationing: the culture of less : The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:32:46 +0000 http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/?p=148#comment-5705 [...] to believe we are overburdened by consumption. I’m sure a lot of the world would find this more than a little ironic, but let’s not knock it. A culture of less would be a good [...] [...] to believe we are overburdened by consumption. I’m sure a lot of the world would find this more than a little ironic, but let’s not knock it. A culture of less would be a good [...]

]]> http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/hunger-and-poverty-overshadowed/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Donald MacKyle Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:54:00 +0000 http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/?p=148#comment-213 I agree that this financial crisis is good news for energy-efficiency organizations and the green revolution, but it must be recognized that a fundamental change in world financial structure and green economy must be part of the solution to the financial crisis, not a recovery measure. After the war that pulled North America out of the Great Depression ended, people went back to indulgence and all that comes with affluence. The thrift and caution that seems branded into a society's way of life during a recession has shown itself as by no means a permanent change. I argue that the mild financial crisis that now strikes North America's consumerist society has brought out the best in our fiscal habits, causing us (as Mr. Friedman's article, referenced above, notes) to rely more on public transit and green transportation. What makes this crisis such a sound field for optimism is that the environment is intrinsically linked to the financial situation: depleted oil reserves and increasing food shortages, both related to hydrocarbon-spawned climate change, are key in what is happening with today's money. It is no great logical venture to say that rectifying the cause of the problem will go a long way to a solution. People of the world, please reply. Agree, comment - and disagree, debate: this is how change happens. I agree that this financial crisis is good news for energy-efficiency organizations and the green revolution, but it must be recognized that a fundamental change in world financial structure and green economy must be part of the solution to the financial crisis, not a recovery measure.
After the war that pulled North America out of the Great Depression ended, people went back to indulgence and all that comes with affluence. The thrift and caution that seems branded into a society’s way of life during a recession has shown itself as by no means a permanent change. I argue that the mild financial crisis that now strikes North America’s consumerist society has brought out the best in our fiscal habits, causing us (as Mr. Friedman’s article, referenced above, notes) to rely more on public transit and green transportation.
What makes this crisis such a sound field for optimism is that the environment is intrinsically linked to the financial situation: depleted oil reserves and increasing food shortages, both related to hydrocarbon-spawned climate change, are key in what is happening with today’s money. It is no great logical venture to say that rectifying the cause of the problem will go a long way to a solution.
People of the world, please reply. Agree, comment – and disagree, debate: this is how change happens.

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