[Peace-discuss] Global warming and human civilization

[John W.]

At 12:19 AM 1/23/2006, Karen Medina wrote:

>We would be better off controlling the largest consumers of
>the finite resources. The subsistence survivors actually
>consume very little, produce much less harmful waste
>products, and are darn good at recycling.
>
>-karen medina

Some AWARE members and peace-discuss readers might find it interesting to 
take the "Ecological Footprint Quiz", to see how your own consumption 
habits and patterns compare with the world average.  I think that even 
those of you who consider yourselves extremely conscientious about 
stewardship of the earth's resources will be shocked by your scores, and 
made thoughtful as to the underlying reasons.  Here's the 
URL:  http://www.earthday.org/footprint/index.asp

John Wason




>---- Original message ----
> >Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:43:53 -0600
> >From: "Morton K. Brussel" <brussel4 at insightbb.com>
> >Subject: [Peace-discuss] Global warming and human civilization
> >To: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> >
> >   Just think about it. Although there are many
> >   uncertainties about global warming, reading the
> >   article linked below should give us all reason to
> >   pause, and to think about what can be done.  --mkb
> >
> >   A quote:
> >   Around the world, humanity has reduced nature's capacity to dampen 
> extremes
> >   to an astonishing degree: more than 59% of the world's accessible land
> >   degraded  by improper agriculture, deforestation, and development; 
> half the world's
> >   available fresh water now co-opted for human use at the expense of other
> >   species and ecosystems; more than half the world's mangroves 
> destroyed; half the
> >   world's wetlands drained or ruined; one-fifth of the world's coral reefs
> >   (including  crucial barrier reefs) destroyed and one-half 
> damaged--the list goes on
> >   and  on.
> >
> >   See the rest of the (alarmist?) article, by Eugene Linden, at :
> >   http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/17/news/economy/climate_fortune/index.htm