A New Prosperity

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Sustainability, much less prosperity, cannot happen if there are over 10 million illiterate people in one country alone.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/09/28/afghanistan.family/index.html?hpt=T1

The implications of a lack of education, a lack of hope for the future are outlined nicely in the book Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin.

These girls from the Pimampiro region have the good fortune to be able to not only attend school (some with the help of sponsors) but also take their first art classes.

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Why this theme?

I teach several environmentally-themed courses at the college level and, like many others, am concerned about the unsustainable exploitation of natural resources (by a relatively small percentage of the world population); the environmental damage we have caused--that often affects others miles or continents away; and the extreme inequities that exist on the planet. Solving these problems will be extremely difficult and require a significant reorganization of priorities (by the wealthy nations); a redistribution of resources; and most likely, a new definition of prosperity. In this blog, I will try to explore what this new definition of prosperity might be. In other words, what are other meanings of a "good life" that aren't dominated by consumption and allow a better quality of life for all living things that we share this planet with? This may be an impossible task, but I will try and invite thoughts from others.

Thoughts on well-being, sustainability and those things that constitute a good life beyond consumption.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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