State of the WORLD
Our mother earth is experiencing
severe sickness; Sickness due to exploitation of resources to maintain very
high levels of consumption to sustain the needs of humanity. Selfishness makes
mankind the most dominating specie here on earth. We didn’t think of what will
happen to the nature, we didn’t think that the destruction of nature will led
to the destruction of humanity. Human activities put much strain on the natural
functions of the earth, so future generations will experience worst disasters
and natural calamities.
Consumerism is the root cause of
this paradigm. Consumerism has now become a cultural norm. Nowadays, most people
tend to work not to develop a meaningful philosophy in life but to gain higher
income satisfy their fulfilment on material things. “Consumerism has become a
cultural pattern that leads people to find meaning, acceptance, and contentment”.
Goods that were once perceived as luxuries became necessities for high income
worker. Main culprits are the
businessman who made the idea and mass produce these products, media who
actively promote consumption of this products, the government who tolerate
these people and of course us, the consumer who patronizes their products.
We must act NOW, we must shift this paradigm to find alternative sets of aspirations for consumers and reinforce this by our institutions. Government must regulate and monitor products available to the consumers. Transportation is one major cause of the destruction of our resources, not only it uses drastically our oil reserves but also contribute to pollution. Government must also impose strict rules to monitor the media to promote green technology and lessen the dependency on oil. We must restore our ecology. “Only we humans make waste that nature can’t digest” a practice that will have to stop. The shift to a culture of sustainability will not happen at an instant, I think in decades or in a century, but the important thing is, to start this change NOW within ourselves.
i'm also in favor that CONSUMERISM is the root cause of this paradigm like what elis said. We need be mature enough to know that the earth needs our help... help by being conscious to know what is right and wrong , what is much and less about the things we do to our nature. sometimes people should be satisfied and not consumed too much in order to lessen the destruction and exploitation of our ecosystem. everything comes from nature, everything is nature!!! that's why we should protect it no matter what for our own benefit and for the sake of the future generation. the blog was well explained . the blogger was very open-minded about the situation and had a good insight about the said topic. kudos for the blogger :))
ReplyDeleteThe culture of consumerism was imprinted into our culture by institutions such as business, media, the government and even the education sector. The idea of using these same institutions to convert the culture of consumerism to a culture of sustainability is really a good Idea. All that is needed to do is to let these institutions to start working on to promote a sustainable way of living and to let the so called “culture of consumerism” to be a thing of the past as soon as possible.
ReplyDeleteBusinesses must look beyond the short and immediate gains and look at the long term impact that they're doing in the environment. In the end when all hell breaks lose in Earth, we're all going to suffer.
ReplyDeleteAwareness will play a big role in changing the people. Imagine if most people will realize the results of their actions. I'm sure it will make a big difference.
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