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Setting examples
Wastefulness shouldn’t be copied
Nov. 4, 1992
“White man's burden?”
What if you had to file an Envi
ronmental Impact Slatementon your
life?
I was catching up on some read
ing last week, including the Time
magazine report, “Rich vs. Poor"
Clune 1,1992) about the Earth Sum
mit in Rio. “ThcU.S. has 5 percent of
the world’s population. It uses 25
percent of the world’s energy, emits
22 percent of the world’s ('02 pro
duced and accounts for 25 percent
of the world’s GNP.
“India has 16 percent of the
world’s population. It uses 3 per
cent of the world’s energy, emits 3
percent of all C02 produced, and
accounts for 1 percent of the world’s
GNP."
Those kinds of statistics have
been around for a good while nov*.
Usually they are stated like that to
suggest something unfair about the
contrast—the real ities those statis
tics represent. But the original rea
son for determining our Gross Na
tional Product was so we could be
proud of it — he bigger the belter.
It doesn’t matter what is being
produced or what the stuff costs. It
doesn’t much matter where it comes
from, where it ends up or who’s
going to pay for it. What counts is
what it sells for. It’s measured in
dollars. That’s ihestalus quo. That’s
the way it is.
“. . . U.S. delegates backed the
status quo on one topic after an
other, insisting over and over that
‘the American life-style is not up for
negotiation.”’
Thai’s our government represent
ing us. Weare consumers just going
about ourbusy-ness. Until a signifi
cant number of Americans show a
desire and the will to change our
patterns of consumption, our gov
ernment will take us to war if neces
sary to maintain our status.
The Big Question now is how
much of all the stuff that you have,
use and want is really going to make
you healthy, happy or wise? There
is obviously a good deal of excess
baggagebcingshuffledaround.Our
disposal of our disposable income
is assumed to reflect our success.
LiketheGNP.itdoesn’t matter what
the money is being spent on. It’s a
measure of quantity, not quality,
and the example we’re selling is
suicidal.
Back when the “civilized” world
began colonizing the rest of the
world, “the white man’s burden”
was a phrase used to describe the
difficult job of turning all the hea
thens on to “culture” and Christian
ity. 1 believe history shows that the
relationships have not been equi
table.
It hasn’t been much of a burden
reaping the harvests of those colo
nies. The phrase was twisted in the
first place. Now it’s twisting back.
Not only do we have our own
ecological messes to lend to, but
developing nations will require a
great deal of assistance, forourown
good, to avoid the environmental
mistakes we’ve been making. The
longer we put it off the harder it will
be.
—Daniel Clinchard
DUMPSTER DIVING,
_ Some Helpful Hints:
( Dumpster diving is the fine art of absconding with other people's garbage
— often for it’s caloric content.
— You will be in and out of dumpsters, so wear suitable clothing.
— Remember that the garbage is private property and that diving for it is a
crime, so don't get caught. ——
— Avoid eating anything that no longer smells like food. Food in enclosed
containers is preferable.
— Dumpsters behind fast food restaurants are good prospects, but they
sometimes keep them locked up.
— Call ahead to a pizza place just before closing and order take out, then
don’t show up. You’ll find it in the garbage if you don’t choose anything a
worker might want to take home.
— Never take a date.
— Never dive in the
trash behind a Chinese
restaurant.
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‘Slack’
Continued from Page 7
something destructive about the
desperate condition of bei ng “a ntsy ”
or the death-like paralysis that re
sults from “planning for tomor
row,” rather than "living for today.”
I’m not content with certain as
pects of my life, but I am comforted
knowinglcanchangemylifeatany
lime, as Joel did. 1 need that next
t"
transition, and when I get bored it’s
because I believe something immi
nent is about to happen.
It doesn’t matter if I become a
journalist. It is not important.
What is important is that I sense
fully, live consciously and acquire
wisdom along my special path —a
path that gives me boredom and
frustration as gifts.
— Jo Bradsky is a junior broadcast
journalism major and Diversions Con
tributor
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