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Had Sunday dinner with the Hari Krishnas tonight and there was a guy at the table organising an 'earthday event'. He was methed up, and a bad ambassador, maybe putting many people off.
The Cruelty Free Shop in Auckland sells really expensive merchandise and crap like frozen lentil pies($4.00, microwaved on a paper plate with plastic utensils), cheap canvas sneakers for $120!!!!(okay they are free trade sourced, but you can buy things same as these at walmart type stores for $19), and overpriced books and foodstuffs.
Many consumers are looking for help in making lifestyle changes, but the alternatives are often just as crazy as the bull they are trying to get away from. Sad.
The worst though are charities like 'Help the Kids' type things which have a Director on a big salary and a big car, and you like look at them a couple of years after they began and often things havnt changed for the better at all, sometimes even getting worse. Sad.
No wonder youth are losing it with drugs and stuff. Corruption seems everywhere...even with the 'good' guys.
Our national zoo puts on free concerts with top music acts. Now they achieve tacit approval from the celebrity youth sector. Before, animal cruelty issues were in the for...
Save the world? Save your fat ass!
However, things do change slowly. I have seen real improvement in some areas, but...Deforestation and loss of topsoil do not get better for a long long time. Look at the old centers of civilizations like the Euphrates Delta. Too many people in too small an area, centralization...cities....like a factory farm.
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