Ignorence, is the word for it! We are all ignorent more or less. Somehow we does´nt think it will happen to us. It is to big of a problem to handle. You think that your actions against globel warming is a tiny percent of a bigger problem and it does´nt matter in the long run, what you provide with; It is still to little. I think people feel helpless in this situation. It is to big, to complicated for us to handle, so we stck our head into the sand and pretend nothings wrong.
The second aspect is money. Money talks, as they say. The greed for money overshadows the need for humanity to other people. Everyone talk about the undeveloped countries and how dirty everything is and the mountains of garbaged they have. But does the western world wants the undeveloped countries to progress?? I don´t think so. The amount of money we have helped those countries with and nothing happens. We steal their natural resources and use the cheap laboure, leave the garbage and care less for the people in the country. The undeveloped countries contributes less then any other countries in the world to the gobal warming. So do we really want them to develope? Well..... What would it do to the world if 1 billion people get their own car? It is a cynical world we live in.
The third aspect is: Are we willing to live a simpler life? How would the society look like if we didn´t consumed as much? The world economy is built on a tradition of spending. We live and grow up in a world that is based on consuming more and more. We have a economy crises that reflects what happens when people cannot spend money anymore.
There are many aspects to why we don´t want to see. We have to find a way to live and valuate our daily life differently. We also have to reconsidered the value of spending.
torsdag 23 april 2009
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Hello Ing-Marie!
SvaraRaderaI agree with you that we shut our eyes for the global warming and continue consuming as much as before. Your text is easy to read and your statements are clear and easy to follow.
This blog assignment was a casual blog, so I think you should have a question in your introduction. In your second paragraph you have written, “The second aspect…", And I think it should be your first aspect, because the first paragraph is just an introduction.
You have written an interesting text with many good points that we have to think about.
have a nice day! /Åsa
Dear Ing-Marie,
SvaraRaderaI meant to comment on blog assignment #5, but noticed that you haven't written it yet. Please note that the blogs are set assignments that need to be done in order for you to pass this course. Also, please note that you won't get any more comments from me. However, if you write blog #6 in time, there are some of your fellow students who are supposed to give you comments on that text.
Best,
Marika