July 11, 2009

Many Americans seem to believe that life is about getting more stuff.  One of the most offenseive bumper stickers I have ever seen stated, "He who dies with the most toys wins."  Maybe it was meant to be ironic, but unfortunately many Americans seems to have made a religion out of consumerism.

To see just how truly fortunate and wealthy you are, click here to play the video:

http://www.miniature-earth.com/

Think about it and then do something - decrease your consumption of gas, energy, material goods; lobby your elected officials to support the development of need based capitalism in developing countries (capitalism based on fulfillmet of basic needs rather than capitalism based on creating artifical needs for useless products - cruise your local supermarket aisles to see what I mean about useless products);  if you are not vegan, decrease the amount of animal products in your life - from flesh, to hides, to eggs and dairy.  Resources diverted to maintaining animals as sources of food are resources that are denied to the world's most vulnerable populations.

Remember - just because you cannot fix all the world's ills does not mean you cannot do something.  If we all do that something we can make this world a better place for all the creatures who make Earth their home.