"Ideas for environmentally sustainable living"
"With every activity of our daily lives, we connect with the interdependent web of life on Earth. The health of our environment is a reflection of the choices we make."
What a beautiful thought. It comes from the creators of the website called eartheasy.com. I am very impressed with the ideas that I read in this website.
From the "About Us" page of the website:
Eartheasy strives to:
...~ help us reduce our impact on the earth's resources
...~ help reduce our contribution to global warming
...~ bring more simplicity to our lives
...~ bring us closer to nature
May mankind evolve beautifully.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
aparigraha
Can the ancient concept of 'aparigraha' help an overpopulated developing country like India ?
'aparigraha' (अपरिग्रह) means non-possessiveness. The term usually means to limit possessions to what is necessary or important. The Yogic and Jain traditions have this concept.
A country of 1 billion can never become prosperous by managing to provide a luxury car to every family. We need algorithms totally different from a country like USA to attain prosperity. Karthick ponders on similar lines.
Optimal use of resources is the need of the hour.
But, the first step is to stop imitating the west like a monkey.
Happiness is often wrongly tied to the possession of things.
'aparigraha' (अपरिग्रह) means non-possessiveness. The term usually means to limit possessions to what is necessary or important. The Yogic and Jain traditions have this concept.
A country of 1 billion can never become prosperous by managing to provide a luxury car to every family. We need algorithms totally different from a country like USA to attain prosperity. Karthick ponders on similar lines.
Optimal use of resources is the need of the hour.
But, the first step is to stop imitating the west like a monkey.
Happiness is often wrongly tied to the possession of things.
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