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Less is More
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riverhousebill
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Date: May 22, 2009 02:57AM The Schumacher Lectures take place every autumm in Bristol,UK and attract many
inspirational speakers from all over the world. This year marked the 30th aniversary of Ernst Friedrich Schumachers death, so the organisers ran the event a little differntly. It was not so much a line up of lecturers, as a celebrated sharing of new ideas from passionate advocates of change, out -spoken controversialists and people reshaping society from the ground up. The theme, Less is More: Can we Really Live Better by Consuming Less? was at the heart of the day's debate. Issues covered climate change,injustice, peak oil, the "credit crunch' and food security. During the conference, poet Matt Harvey penned a poem based on the event's theme... Can less be more, can more be less? Well,yes and no, and yes Well more or less... More bikes, fewer cars Less haze, more stars Less haste,more time Less reason, more rhyme More time, less stress Fewer miles, more freash (vegetables) Fewer car parks, More arces of available urban soil More farmers' markets, less produce effectively marinated in crude oil Less colouring, more taste More mashing, less waste Fewer couch potatoes, More spring greens fewer tired tomatoes, More runner beans more stillness, less inertia Less illness, more Echinacea More community, less isolation Less just sitting there, More participation! More wells (not oil ones, obviously), Fewer ills, fewer clean fingernails More skills More co-operation, less compliancy, Less complacency, more self reliancy Less compettition, more collaboration Less lisening, More participation! Less attention defic... More concentration Less passive listening, More particpation! (Less reptition) Less of a warm globe More of a chilly' un More of a wise world, at least 34 fewer parts of CO2 per million Less stress related cardio- vascular and pulmonary failure, more nurturing quality time in the compant of a favourite clematis or dahlia more craftsmanship Less built-in obsolescence More political maturity, Less apparently-consequence-free extened adolescence More Believed-to- be beautiful, Known-to be useful things Less cheap, pointless petroleum-steeped stuff So Yes, less is more- and enough's enough... Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/22/2009 03:05AM by riverhousebill. Re: Less is More
Posted by:
Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: May 24, 2009 04:44AM The Idea is good. Can we apply it to our own lives?
I'm thinking (not seriously) about giving up my Car for an electric Golf Cart. It would be interesting to find out what some people here are actually doing....WY Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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