This meaningful lecture taught us that most of the people who live in the world have been wasting resources with the excessive consumption of the advanced countries today. (Of course, some of the people take this issue very seriously and I truly appreciate them.) Our overconsumption has, in turn, been encouraging companies to destroy forests for decades. At the same time, it has long been yielding polluted air on earth, caused by so many factories. If we try to control consumption in our daily lives, this would mean that we'd be able to cut down on pollution and take in fresh air everyday.
We all feel a warmer
autumn season than usual. As you know, this is a result of global warming. This
subtle natural change on the present weather or climate serves as a kind
of the mirror to the environmental changes taking place in our present state,
and these daily natural changes serve as important indicators for
us.
Jake Reiner has shown
that some of the best ways to cope with these solutions for present
societies is to cultivate organic vegetables in our garden as one way of
limiting our consumption. It is well known that organic foods are more healthy,
and good for the body. Large-scale enterprises in the world should also have the
more ecological ideas about saving natural resources themselves. Hopefully,
they can take further steps and implement more concrete ideas to voluntarily
protect nature from much of the current pollution. I wider perspective as one
global family, with less emphasis on attaining more and more material benefits,
is needed.
In return for such
efforts, we will be able to bring back fresh air and create a more wonderful
environment for our the future generations of the earth. All of us, as well as
the large companies working throughout the world, need to make an effort to face
these envionmental issues in our global society and to develop the perspective
of 'Only One Earth'.
What is the most important thing to bring about the solutions for these matters is how we human beings will be able to share with nature the simpleidea of 'Only One Precious Earth'. By trying to learn from the present situation of the natural environment through our daily lives, we will realize that only by treasuring and preserving nature can we find ways to keep on living. It will lead us to a brighter future for the sake of the smiles of the future's children. One of the most important keys will be left up to our global family, and to each of us who live on this planet.
What is the most important thing to bring about the solutions for these matters is how we human beings will be able to share with nature the simpleidea of 'Only One Precious Earth'. By trying to learn from the present situation of the natural environment through our daily lives, we will realize that only by treasuring and preserving nature can we find ways to keep on living. It will lead us to a brighter future for the sake of the smiles of the future's children. One of the most important keys will be left up to our global family, and to each of us who live on this planet.
Finally, I would
like to again express my sincere appreciation to Jake Reiner, who came all the
way from near Mt. Fuji, for his wonderful lecture, Suzie (who assisted in the
lecture), Professor Kageyama (for organizing the lecture), David Howenstein and
all the participants who came to the lecture of 'Sustainable Society Has Begun'
at DCU on November 6th, 2004.
Thank you,
Tsuyoshi
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