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G

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Of sewerage sludge and chicken feathers, the symbolic poetry of environmental awareness...

I think it would be great if we could find some way to use principles of quantum mechanics to teleport unwanted carbon molecules (by the countless squintygazillion) to Mars, where they could be used to terraform (i.e. ”green”) the planet. Then we could stop spending so much on weapons and war (a pipe dream) and start sending human beings to Mars. The thing is, however crazy this idea is - people don’t seem to be thinking about the fact that with a growing population and finite resources and real estate - we have no choice - we will need to start a grand interplanetary (and eventually interstellar) exodus. Or fizzle out like a small bacteriological colony suffocating on it’s own waste products on a small, pretty little blue-ish lump of rock adrift in the cosmos.

Crazy enough for you, Grace ? ;)

Grace Calderon

Grace Calderon — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Sounds crazy but feasible. Man’s imagination can fathom that and he will be able to do that, given a period of time. However, the incongruity between an exponentially ballooning population and the exponentially dwindling finite resources and space stares us in the face, presently.

So, why not add a massive global birth control movement through mandatory dissemination of contraceptive paraphernalia (and the pertinent police action regarding mandated use, as legally supported by strictly enforced internationally ratified laws), much to the chagrin and horror of the Catholic Church.

G

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

I have the feeling that the Vatican’s posture on prophylactics is informed more by the fact that they have found that contraception is a place where they can easily influence people (re: the places where religion inserts itself into human activity and influences human insecurities about sex and sexuality). They are probably also more concerned with the proliferation of Catholic believers through the going forth and multiplying of their unprotected parents sexual activities.

How do we convince people to minimise their number of children without becoming Chinese-style procreative dictators (re: one child policy) ?

I have personally found the bible to be positively narcoleptic, however - I doubt whether there is anything even vaguely resembling: ”Thou shalt not use a rubber johnny”. It makes you wonder...

:)

Grace Calderon

Grace Calderon — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

1) Its seat is a miniscule country of non-taxpayers, having its own army. It also happens to be the world’s wealthiest organization. So, there.

2) Its magna carta was initially written, initially packaged, initially promoted, and initially distributed by four men. If only four can do it at the start, well, so can more than four at the moment.

3) Its concept was accidentally handcarried to our shores by a group of navigational explorers whose ship was washed ashore while enroute to Indonesian volcanic islands on what was then the fashion of the times - quest for spices. (Volcanic sulfur isn’t all it’s hyped to be.)

4) Through the relentless parade of centuries, it hasn’t been able to realize its prescribed alternative to contraception becasue this archipelago of 7,101 islands now carries over 88 million people.

5) The Art of Visibility, Graeme, is far more succinct than the Art of Invisibility. :)

G

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Invisibility - Potential.

Visibility - Actual.

Where something does not exist, there is room for growth, for creativity. When something is hidden, it may always be something more than it is. When something is visible it is limited to what it is by our observation of it.

And yet, I yield - yes visibility is more succinct. Invisibility is nothing... void... emptiness... undefined... undefinable. It’s a little Lao Tzu...

The greatest strategy is the strategy of no-strategy.

I am unrepentant and invisible Zen Monkey. :P

:)

Candace

Candace — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Great ideas. It really feels good that people are coming up such ingenious ideas to save earth.

Today what we can only think in dreams can be made reality if each of us contributes our due to the world. It is rightly said that we have not only inherited the earth but also we have made custodians of it for our future generations.

Grace Calderon

Grace Calderon — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Right. One step at a time. Everyday. Starting now. Even if nature works at breakneck speed, the 6 billion+ action, daily, is a force to reckon with.