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02-13-2007, 12:25 AM

On Feb 8, 7:05 pm, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> This eloquent look at the social and ecological status of several of
> the minorities and aboriginal peoples of Japan shows exactly why
> diversity should be valued: such peoples often have a clearer view,
> and more sustainable practices, than the majority culture. This is not
> just a book about Japan, but one with truly urgent and timeless value
> for all of humanity.
>
> "Many of the large, industrialized cities of Japan are ecological
> nightmares, biological deserts entombed in concrete and asphalt, with
> rivers choking on industrial sludge and garbage, air thick with
> exhaust fumes and factory emissions. The pollution became more intense
> the closer we got to Tokyo. The problems here can be seen as [as] much
> a failure of education as of politics and business. ... Around the
> world, social structures are collapsing under the weight of explosive
> population growth and massive shifts in where this population lives.
> There are enormous pressures of widespread poverty, ecological
> collapse, civil strife, and the increase in new and old diseases --
> AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis. Highly industrialized countries like
> Japan, which depend on global resources and markets, are beginning to
> confront the reality of their dependence on renewable and nonrenewable
> products, of the planet's finite limits, and of the ecological and
> social unsustainability of our high consumption lifestyle. It is from
> the turmoil within the Japan that we now see that new paradigms,
> priorities, lifestyles, and goals are emerging. They provide an
> important source of new ways of perceiving, thinking, and acting for
> all of us in the global village who strive to find ways to achieve
> social, economic, and environmental balance." pp.303-4
> ===
> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
> humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
> years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
>
> Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of!
>
> http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

Yeah that' serious. If it was not for the debt-finance/money system,
as created by Jews which is Japans system, there would not be this
rape of their geography in the name of greed. Hitler fixed this
problem, and that's why the Jews had to get him.

02-13-2007, 12:25 AM	#12 (permalink)
LIBERATOR Posts: n/a	Re: _The Japan We Never Knew_, by David Suzuki and Keibo Oiwa On Feb 8, 7:05 pm, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@pacbell.net> wrote: > This eloquent look at the social and ecological status of several of > the minorities and aboriginal peoples of Japan shows exactly why > diversity should be valued: such peoples often have a clearer view, > and more sustainable practices, than the majority culture. This is not > just a book about Japan, but one with truly urgent and timeless value > for all of humanity. > > "Many of the large, industrialized cities of Japan are ecological > nightmares, biological deserts entombed in concrete and asphalt, with > rivers choking on industrial sludge and garbage, air thick with > exhaust fumes and factory emissions. The pollution became more intense > the closer we got to Tokyo. The problems here can be seen as [as] much > a failure of education as of politics and business. ... Around the > world, social structures are collapsing under the weight of explosive > population growth and massive shifts in where this population lives. > There are enormous pressures of widespread poverty, ecological > collapse, civil strife, and the increase in new and old diseases -- > AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis. Highly industrialized countries like > Japan, which depend on global resources and markets, are beginning to > confront the reality of their dependence on renewable and nonrenewable > products, of the planet's finite limits, and of the ecological and > social unsustainability of our high consumption lifestyle. It is from > the turmoil within the Japan that we now see that new paradigms, > priorities, lifestyles, and goals are emerging. They provide an > important source of new ways of perceiving, thinking, and acting for > all of us in the global village who strive to find ways to achieve > social, economic, and environmental balance." pp.303-4 > === > I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to > humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 > years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) > > Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! > > http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande Yeah that' serious. If it was not for the debt-finance/money system, as created by Jews which is Japans system, there would not be this rape of their geography in the name of greed. Hitler fixed this problem, and that's why the Jews had to get him.