my World View: |
my Personal Actions: |
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I believe the human race passed a comfortably sustainable
population in about 1950, at 2.5 Bn, but now there's twice as
many of us, and three times as many in very few decades, with a most
influential minority using FAR too much. The middle- class and
rich have the wrong goals (largely induced by advertising), if
the world is to remain as civilised as it was between ' 55 and
' 77 (not incl. Stalin/Amin). |
__ I have reduced my demands on the Earth to
a bare minimum by spending US$850 p.a. TOTAL; including no more
than US$450 a year, or $8.65 per week, on food (all of it bought
at the supermarket). I pay for my share of the rates on our
mortgage- free house, and I walk or (occasionally) take the bus,
e.g. to buy the groceries. I walk barefoot year- round (@
lat. 37, maritime), wearing thongs/jandals if the road is rough
or my pack is heavy. I haven't thrown out clothes for a couple
of decades, and I'm now gradually using up that capital investment.
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I'm not recommending others do this, though I am saying it's possible. |
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Click here for minimum healthy eating (at under US$9/wk).
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Please visit:
The Worldwatch Institute. Worldwatch is dedicated to fostering the evolution of an environmentally sustainable society, one in which human needs are met in ways that do not threaten the health of the natural environment or the prospects of future generations.
For an extract from a recent WorldWatch book, click Here
(last modified: Mon. 31 st March 1997. )
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