There's a lot of things going on with the issue of water, water crisis, bottled water. Are those connected to other things? Placed some facts together, trying to connect the dots. Makes for an interesting read if nothing else. Click on the image to enlarge and read.
October 24th. The International Day of Climate Action. You have heard about it. You have seen the 350 banners. You have seen the Indian newspapers flimsily mention it. So what's the big deal? Well, for starters, this is the revolution we have been waiting for. We always say, politicians are corrupt and won't do anything for our country. We always say, oh but what can people do? Two words. Civil Disobedience. Two days from now, the people of the world will gather together, from wherever they are, and stand united. There will be millions of voices demanding a fair, ambitious and binding deal on climate change. No bullshit. No false solutions. No political nonsense. Our climate is not their business. And this is what October 24th is all about.
So what happens if Indians don't stand up and be counted? We make a statement that we don't care. And that, friends, is an open invitation to a lot of bogus solutions like 'clean coal' and 'carbon trading' and 'GM Food' which will be sold cheap to willing buyers. And if the country of Gandhi doesn't care about civil disobedience, it becomes an easy prey to hawkish businessmen and politicians setting out ot make a quick buck. You have all seen how powerful the Bt Brinjal / GM Food lobby is. Wait till you see the clean coal brigade. It's got greedy governments on its side.
It's our future at stake here. And which is why stand up and make yourself be counted. Let's add a couple of more thousands to the number if not millions. It will be a start. Remember, Copenhagen is not about the governments, it is about us. And seeing all the people around the world coming together, it's already successful.
The Great Indian Clearance Sale is on and the only thing in short supply is common sense.
We are getting away with this delicious sale because no one in our country listens to sense. Here are two people who can lead us into the future with our heads held high, but then, we love hanging our heads in shame don’t we?
First up, here is Sunita Narain: Another big-ticket concern is dryland and rainfed agriculture. Most of India today, after years of public investment in surface irrigation structures, remains dependent on increasingly variable rain. The monsoon is the true finance minister for most poor Indians. We must recognize multipurpose agriculture as practised in dryland areas—combining coarse cereals with animal care and its products all mixed with off-farm products like artisanal craft—is one way to build affordable and resilient economies. Today our policies discount and destroy these local economies. Tomorrow, our strategies must build on their strengths. For instance, fiscal policies must recognize crops that minimize the use of water—more crops per drop —and include ‘coarse’ cereals in the public distribution system. Simultaneously, we must build local water security, to enhance productivity. We must do this not by increasing costs of cultivation but reducing costs and investing in resilience.
The dispossessed in India have nowhere to go to.Vandana Shiva
If you have THREE minutes of your precious time, here is another amazing lady, Vandana Shiva. You will see how the west will sell us clean coal and other such, and we will lap it up, and we will get sold:
Oh and while you are on the internet, why don’t you check out some other videos of Vandana Shiva, and read what Ms. Narain says.
Fresh from the press. The Bhopal Project covered in the latest issue of Outlook.
Click on the logo to see the story in Outlook.
The Great Indian Clearance Sale on Treehugger.
The Great Indian Clearance Sale is an ideology-free art project. It's an adventure in information. We look at sources of information like Down to Earth, indiatogether.org, infochangeindia.org, Tehelka amongst others, and try to visualize the information in interesting ways.
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