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The recent Floods and Land Slides in Uttarakhand in India are more of an Industrial Disaster than a Natural Disaster.<br/>
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This catastrophe is a consequence of World Bank funded Dam Industry.....Hundreds of Dams and Hydro Electric Projects are being constructed in the fragile ...

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Animal Species searched for Food<br/>
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Hunter_Gatherer Society searched for Food<br/>
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Cities are the Graveyards of Nature, Urban Dwellers the Executioners.<br/>
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Environment has been destroyed by Urban Population, Urban Work and Urban Education.<br/>
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All Industrial Activity that is destroying environment is being run by Urban Population and Urban Education ...

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Celebrating Earth Hour.....Pseudo Environmentalism in Industrial Society.<br/>
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If people are being stabbed continuously, shot continuously, attacked with Smart Bombs, Depleted Uranium Bombs, Drones and Nuclear Bombs you cannot save them by switching off the lights for 1 hour ...

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Five Elephants were run over by a train in the state of Orissa in India yesterday.<br/>
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One of them was a female in advanced stage of pregnancy whose foetus came out as the train hit the mother.<br/>
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The world will celebrate one more New Year's Eve today......After ...

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There were two major switch-overs in human history.........Hunter_Gatherer Stage to Agrarian Stage........And Agrarian Stage to Industrial Stage.<br/>
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Hunter_Gatherer Society was least destructive.......Agrarian Society was hundreds/ thousands times more destructive ...

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When there was still time to save environment a whole century was wasted in the futile debate over Capitalism, Socialism and Communism.<br/>
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Trying to save environment after 250 years of relentless Industrial Activity is like trying to revive a dead man.....There ...

<t>If Urban Society stops all its supplies to Villages......Electricity, Oil, Machinery and Equipment, Villagers will survive forever.<br/>
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<t>What is the Result of 50 years of Environmentalism/ Pseudo Environmentalism in Industrial Society???<br/>
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Industrial Society has been killing millions of times more Animals, Trees, Air, Water and Land than Pre-Industrial Society every day for several decades.<br/>
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<t>spot;1388714 wrote: You may be right, but on the other hand you're ignoring where we want to eventually reach. <br/>
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What goal have you for humanity if we abandon development .....<br/>
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An indication from you of the condition of humanity after your changes have been adopted would be ...

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A pure non-industrial society is not possible now because Industrialization has increased world population to 7 billion.<br/>
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World population increased from 1 billion in 1800 to 7 billion today in just about 200 years after industrialization. If Industrial Society had not ...

<t>Development is Destruction........Development is Destruction.<br/>
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"Growth Rate" - "Economy Rate" - "GDP"<br/>
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These are figures of "Ecocide".<br/>
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These are figures of "Crimes against Nature".<br/>
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These are figures of "Destruction of Ecosystems".<br/>
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These are ...

<t>The situation is crystal clear.<br/>
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Consumerist lifestyle had to end in total destruction of ecosystems.....and this is exactly what is happening right now.<br/>
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The west was the first to travel on the wrong path of Industrialization and Consumerism. When the west colonized asia ...

<t>Accountable;1388546 wrote: It must be frustrating for you. Wouldn't it be so much better if people would just accept your ideas at face value and fall in line?<br/>
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I admit I am not good at giving proof that could support my theory......the kind of proof that America gave about Iraq ...

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Endless Discussion, Debate and Argument.<br/>
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Endless Discussion, Debate and Argument is a Disease and Insanity of Industrial Society that created the Printing Press, Radio, Television and Internet.<br/>
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Billions of Pages of Discussion, Debate and ...

<t>There is something called common sense. Anyone with a little bit of common sense would know that over-exploitation / over-destruction of environment became possible only because of Industrial Machines.<br/>
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Without Industrial Machines only limited destruction of environment was possible.<br ...

<t>Environment has been destroyed primarily by Urban Population......Environment has been destroyed by population that does not produce food.<br/>
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This planet can only sustain a society in which [almost] the entire population is engaged in producing food......It cannot sustain a society where ...

<t>spot;1385164 wrote: From what I remember, a A Hunter_Gatherer Society of less than 1 million totally destroyed the biodiversity of both North and South America. <br/>
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This is as true as Iraq having "Weapons of Mass destruction".<br/>
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How could Hunter_Gatherer Society ever ...

<t>LarsMac;1385176 wrote: Well, with 7 Billion people on the planet, and the population still growing, trying to abandon technology and return that an agrarian world is really not realistic. Even less realistic would be trying to return to those days of the hunter-gatherer. <br/>
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<t>Technology has destroyed ecosystems.<br/>
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But the Techno-Worshippers of this insane Industrial Society want still more technology, new technology, better technology, advanced technology - they claim that technology will save the ecosystems.<br/>
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Two thousand years ago the air was ...

<t>Over-exploitation of ecosystems became possible only due to modern technology/ machines.<br/>
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In the absence of modern technology/ machines it would be impossible for man to destroy all ecosystems.<br/>
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<t>The two things that have destroyed Environment are - Overpopulation and Overconsumerism.<br/>
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Science, Technology and Industrialization are responsible for both these problems. World population was less than 1 billion in the year 1800. Nature had its way of controlling population through ...

<t>Industrial Society is speeding up the demise of ecosystems by providing jobs to all - education to all.<br/>
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After Industrial Revolution work turned into extra work, over work, unnecessary work, destructive work.<br/>
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Most of the people living in cities are engaged in the destructive ...

<t>What is most amazing about the issue of sustainability is the fact that modern society is trying to sustain the unsustainable - it is trying to sustain a consumerist system which has existed for almost zero percent of human existence on earth. The present consumerist lifestyle has existed for ...

<t>rosajrms;1140189 wrote: Very thought-provoking. Urges me to continue to go towards being as green and as self-sufficient as I possibly can. <br/>
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Industrial Society has been spreading blatant lies over the years. <br/>
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"Green Industry", "Green Technology", "Ethical Consumerism ...

<t>For several decades environmentalists have been warning modern society that ecosystems are getting destroyed - that consumerist lifestyle is not sustainable. <br/>
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<t>spot;246393 wrote: sushil_yadav, that's the most interesting contribution to ForumGarden that I've seen in a long time, I enjoyed reading it and I'll do so again. For goodness sake stick around, there's a lot to talk about.<br/>
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Your third segment on ...

<t>Man can repair and restore things that have been made by man himself. Car, Computer, Aeroplane, Rocket - if anything goes wrong with these things man can repair and restore.<br/>
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I want to thank everyone for reading the article and expressing your views. I have made some additions to the article "Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment". I am posting the modified article here. Please read.<br/>
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The link between Mind ...

<t>I want to thank everyone for reading the article and expressing your views. At first glance the article seems to be too long. But if you look at the background - it has taken me close to 20 years to write about 20 pages - so from that point of view it is not long. I hope people take this into ...

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Dear Group Members, <br/>
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I want to share an article with you. This is about the link between Mind and Social / Environmental-Issues. The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in ...