very system that is preventing the hungry from being fed and the homeless from finding shelter.”
Is this meant to imply that if i consume less, then somehow the “excess” consumption will get to the needy? Is there any sense of cause and effect here, or merely wishful thinking?
“through a practice known as dumpster diving or, more euphemistically, urban foraging.”
Um, gross.
According to Alf, some 35 percent of all food in the United Kingdom goes to waste. How many of the estimated 200 million children who go to bed each night starving would that help feed?”
Bad logic. The problem is not with lack of food, but rather abusive governments (e.g., virtually all African nations). Having the food here does nothing for the starving (and often war torn) people who need it far far away.
“People have been encouraged through capitalism to fight each other for the world
Posted by wolf on Sep 7, 2007 at 9:09 AM
I really ejoyed the article because I found I am not alone in my ideas and practices. The description of freegans (of whom I hadn’t ever heard) fits me fine. Most people are using the measuring mind, full of statistics, politics, always looking for the good guy and the bad guy and expect others to fix the mess we all are in. The only contribution I have found possible to give is my own personal life, the way I care about nature, the development of empathy, but there is no formula for it, it’s a lonely road everyone can take once you grow conscious of your responsibility. AS the Bhagavad Gita wisely says: Your motive for working should be to set others on the path of duty.
and” Accumulation brings about pain” (Krishnamurti). There are no recipes, we all have the freedom to act the way we find fit as long as we start by admitting our actions are harmless to others. A free mind doesn’t need to judge others for their actions, and doesn’t expect noticeable results, it justs has the quality of projecting the consequences of the causes he puts into motion on the common ground, which is life on earth.
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very system that is preventing the hungry from being fed and the homeless from finding shelter.”
Is this meant to imply that if i consume less, then somehow the “excess” consumption will get to the needy? Is there any sense of cause and effect here, or merely wishful thinking?
“through a practice known as dumpster diving or, more euphemistically, urban foraging.”
Um, gross.
According to Alf, some 35 percent of all food in the United Kingdom goes to waste. How many of the estimated 200 million children who go to bed each night starving would that help feed?”
Bad logic. The problem is not with lack of food, but rather abusive governments (e.g., virtually all African nations). Having the food here does nothing for the starving (and often war torn) people who need it far far away.
“People have been encouraged through capitalism to fight each other for the world
Wolf, your post on this is actually pretty good. Although “capitalism” (what I think is more accurately called free enterprise) does involve competition it is much more about cooperation between people and businesses.
I was so disappointed with this article.
It
I really ejoyed the article because I found I am not alone in my ideas and practices. The description of freegans (of whom I hadn’t ever heard) fits me fine. Most people are using the measuring mind, full of statistics, politics, always looking for the good guy and the bad guy and expect others to fix the mess we all are in. The only contribution I have found possible to give is my own personal life, the way I care about nature, the development of empathy, but there is no formula for it, it’s a lonely road everyone can take once you grow conscious of your responsibility. AS the Bhagavad Gita wisely says: Your motive for working should be to set others on the path of duty.
and” Accumulation brings about pain” (Krishnamurti). There are no recipes, we all have the freedom to act the way we find fit as long as we start by admitting our actions are harmless to others. A free mind doesn’t need to judge others for their actions, and doesn’t expect noticeable results, it justs has the quality of projecting the consequences of the causes he puts into motion on the common ground, which is life on earth.
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