Comments on: Is there hope? http://childoftwentyfive.blogsome.com/2007/10/15/is-there-hope/ I promise I'll do anything you ask...this time...... Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:05:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: L http://childoftwentyfive.blogsome.com/2007/10/15/is-there-hope/#comment-1319 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:46:21 +0000 http://childoftwentyfive.blogsome.com/2007/10/15/is-there-hope/#comment-1319 Read this post some time back and been thinking about it. I only know that in Oz ordinary people are acutely aware and panicking about the effect of climate change and it is clearly an election issue. Inflation is high, due to the fuel crisis as well as the drought. Governments have been dealing with it pragmatically and encourage environmentally safe practices by providing householders subsidies for purchase of energy efficient household appliances (fridges, washing machines etc.),low pressure showerheads, water saving garden irrigation systems, and even garden mulch. There are also regulations that new houses must comply with what is called five star energy ratings. The education system has also been playing an important role and I see younger kids pulling up parents for not recycling! In a "third-world" context I was wondering if this pragmatic approach of incentives and subsidies has been used? Also from what I have read, countries such as the US are one of the largest consumers of the earth's depleting resources, so these countries should probably targeted first. I can't see why what you have learnt can't be applied in this context? Read this post some time back and been thinking about it.

I only know that in Oz ordinary people are acutely aware and panicking about the effect of climate change and it is clearly an election issue. Inflation is high, due to the fuel crisis as well as the drought. Governments have been dealing with it pragmatically and encourage environmentally safe practices by providing householders subsidies for purchase of energy efficient household appliances (fridges, washing machines etc.),low pressure showerheads, water saving garden irrigation systems, and even garden mulch. There are also regulations that new houses must comply with what is called five star energy ratings. The education system has also been playing an important role and I see younger kids pulling up parents for not recycling!

In a “third-world” context I was wondering if this pragmatic approach of incentives and subsidies has been used?

Also from what I have read, countries such as the US are one of the largest consumers of the earth’s depleting resources, so these countries should probably targeted first. I can’t see why what you have learnt can’t be applied in this context?

]]> by: dogfight http://childoftwentyfive.blogsome.com/2007/10/15/is-there-hope/#comment-1302 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:12:13 +0100 http://childoftwentyfive.blogsome.com/2007/10/15/is-there-hope/#comment-1302 Count me in. There's some Left worth fighting for. !! Very True some ppl don't spot-on knw the ground reality. Hope we ourselves an bridge that divide. Count me in. There’s some Left worth fighting for. !! Very True some ppl don’t spot-on knw the ground reality. Hope we ourselves an bridge that divide.

]]> by: R http://childoftwentyfive.blogsome.com/2007/10/15/is-there-hope/#comment-1298 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:21:31 +0100 http://childoftwentyfive.blogsome.com/2007/10/15/is-there-hope/#comment-1298 I feel exactly the same, but on the opposite side. I want to see development in this country, but when ever I do speak about it I'm marked as a advocate of the devil, send here to destroy the whole planet as well as all living things. Yeah, and the real message gets lost in confusion. I feel exactly the same, but on the opposite side.

I want to see development in this country, but when ever I do speak about it I’m marked as a advocate of the devil, send here to destroy the whole planet as well as all living things.

Yeah, and the real message gets lost in confusion.

]]> by: Dili http://childoftwentyfive.blogsome.com/2007/10/15/is-there-hope/#comment-1297 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:51:10 +0100 http://childoftwentyfive.blogsome.com/2007/10/15/is-there-hope/#comment-1297 More than anything Id say it all just boils down to one thing. <b>People just aren't freaking bothered</b> I have yet to see anyone,(volunteer, official, paid, unpaid etc.. ANYONE) who genuinely cares about the environmental status of this planet just for the sake of the environmental status of the planet. Humans jut arent bothered as long as they can get on with whatever they do in the immediate present :| &amp; I think thats what really sucks. if you cared about it you'd find <b>some</b> way to do something about it. Most just dont. More than anything Id say it all just boils down to one thing. People just aren’t freaking bothered I have yet to see anyone,(volunteer, official, paid, unpaid etc.. ANYONE) who genuinely cares about the environmental status of this planet just for the sake of the environmental status of the planet. Humans jut arent bothered as long as they can get on with whatever they do in the immediate present :| & I think thats what really sucks. if you cared about it you’d find some way to do something about it. Most just dont.

]]> by: Java Jones http://childoftwentyfive.blogsome.com/2007/10/15/is-there-hope/#comment-1296 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:42:33 +0100 http://childoftwentyfive.blogsome.com/2007/10/15/is-there-hope/#comment-1296 Hey N - I do see where you’re coming from and agree that this is such a monumental problem on the global scale that it is unlikely things will get much better before they get much worse. Here in Sri Lanka, however, there are so many small steps that can be taken by a more perceptive administration with regard to proper land management, using simple soil and water conservation techniques that, if implemented on a micro scale will make huge differences on the ecological front. However, as we all know, priorities by the tunnel-visioned and selfish entities in charge are more in keeping with their personal agendas and not ‘for the greater good’. Us folk, however, will do what we can on our miniscule scale and this will sustain our ecologically sound micro-environments – and hope for the best, I guess. Hey N - I do see where you’re coming from and agree that this is such a monumental problem on the global scale that it is unlikely things will get much better before they get much worse. Here in Sri Lanka, however, there are so many small steps that can be taken by a more perceptive administration with regard to proper land management, using simple soil and water conservation techniques that, if implemented on a micro scale will make huge differences on the ecological front. However, as we all know, priorities by the tunnel-visioned and selfish entities in charge are more in keeping with their personal agendas and not ‘for the greater good’. Us folk, however, will do what we can on our miniscule scale and this will sustain our ecologically sound micro-environments – and hope for the best, I guess.

]]> by: PseudoRandom http://childoftwentyfive.blogsome.com/2007/10/15/is-there-hope/#comment-1295 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:49:53 +0100 http://childoftwentyfive.blogsome.com/2007/10/15/is-there-hope/#comment-1295 I couldn't agree more...alleviating poverty is a <i>huge</i> part of ensuring our prolonged existence, but it's almost as important to encourage the 'developed' world to act more like 'world' citizens and less like frogs in a well. Unfortunately, this part of the world seems all too willing to just pass the buck to everyone's favourite villains (China and India) and adopt a "well if they're not doing anything about it, why should we?" attitude. For the record, I lost hope during my Sustainability course as well. Sadly though, some of my course mates felt that since we're all gonna die anyway, we might as well party on. Sigh. I couldn’t agree more…alleviating poverty is a huge part of ensuring our prolonged existence, but it’s almost as important to encourage the ‘developed’ world to act more like ‘world’ citizens and less like frogs in a well. Unfortunately, this part of the world seems all too willing to just pass the buck to everyone’s favourite villains (China and India) and adopt a “well if they’re not doing anything about it, why should we?” attitude.

For the record, I lost hope during my Sustainability course as well. Sadly though, some of my course mates felt that since we’re all gonna die anyway, we might as well party on. Sigh.

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