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Tuesday, January 27th 2009

3:35 AM

A Simple Message For Humanity - Un Message Clair Pour L'Humanité - Un Mensaje Simple Para La Humanidad

Human activity is destroying the natural systems that we depend upon for our survival. Our most basic instinct as humans is to survive; yet we continue to destroy our life-support machine. Connected humans understand this terrible contradiction; disconnected humans are not able to.

Not all humans are responsible: just those who are part of Industrial Civilization. Industrial Civilization depends on economic growth and the unsustainable use of natural resources, so it has developed a complex set of tools for keeping people disconnected from the real world and living a life that keeps civilization running. Humans have been manipulated in order to be part of a destructive system.

The only way to prevent global ecological collapse and thus ensure the survival of humanity is to rid the world of Industrial Civilization.

Civilization is complex and delicate: it depends on everything running smoothly and also depends upon people having faith in its goodness. Global ecological systems are changing in unpredictable and major ways; natural resources are running out rapidly; the population is growing, particularly the population of urban areas; there is considerable political and civil unrest developing throughout the world: any combination of these factors are likely to lead to a sudden and catastrophic collapse of civilization during the 21st century.

It is possible to create a situation where civilization is left to crumble gradually, reducing the impact on humanity, and the sooner this is done, the less the global environment will be harmed. The key things we need to do are:

1) Reconnect with the real world, so that we can understand our close relationships with it in everything we do. The more you connect, the more you will realise how unreal civilization is.

2) Live in such a way that we do not contribute to the expansion of the global economy, reducing our impact on the natural environment in the process. Be aware that authority figures within the system, such as political leaders and corporations, will attempt to provide you with ‘green’ advice: this advice is designed to ensure that civilization continues, and should be ignored.

3) Create the conditions so that others may also change through education and, even more importantly, undermining the tools that civilization uses to keep us part of the machine. Don’t waste time protesting: this changes nothing – that is why it is legal.

A future outside of civilization is a better life; one in which we can actually decide for ourselves how we are going to live.




Un message clair pour l'humanité
  
L'activité humaine est en train de détruire les systèmes naturels dont nous dépendons pour notre survie. Notre instinct le plus fondamental en tant qu'humain est de survivre. Or, nous persistons à détruire notre support de vie. Les humains éveillés comprennent cette terrible contradiction, ceux qui ne le sont pas en sont incapables.

Ce ne sont pas tous les humains qui en sont responsables: seulement ceux qui font partie de la civilisation industrielle. La civilisation industrielle est dépendante d'une croissance économique et de l'utilisation non soutenable des ressources naturelles. C'est pourquoi elle a développé un ensemble complexe de statégies pour maintenir les gens débranchés du monde réel, lesquels mènent un train de vie qui la maintient fonctionnelle. Les humains ont été manipulés afin de faire partie d'un système qui détruit.

La seule façon d'éviter un effondrement écologique global et d'assurer la survie de l'humanité est de débarrasser la planète de la civilisation industrielle.

La civilisation est à la fois complexe et fragile; pour son fonctionnement, elle dépend du bon roulement des choses et de la croyance des gens en sa bonté. Nos écosystèmes planétaires subissent des changements majeurs avec des répercussions imprévisibles: les ressources naturelles s'épuisent rapidement, la population croît rapidement, surtout dans les milieux urbains, il y a un malaise grandissant autant politique que populaire. Ces facteurs combinés vont probablement amener un effondrement rapide et catastrophique de la civilisation au cours du 21è siècle.

Il est possible de provoquer l'effritement progressif de la civilisation, réduisant ainsi son impact sur l'humanité et, les dommages à l'environnement seront d'autant amoindris que nous agirons rapidement.

Voici ce que nous devons faire:

1) Nous joindre à la réalité du monde vivant, afin que nous puissions comprendre notre étroite relation avec lui dans tout ce que nous faisons. Plus nous sommes en affinité avec la nature, plus nous réalisons combien irréelle est la civilisation.

2) Vivre de telle manière que l'on cesse de contribuer à la croissance économique, et par le fait même, réduire notre impact sur l'environnement naturel. Devenir conscient que les figures d'autorité dans ce système, tels les dirigeants politiques ou les corporations, vont tenter de nous proposer des solutions "vertes" opportunistes : ces conseils restent axés sur l'idée d'une continuation de la civilisation et devraient êtres ignorés.

3) Créer, par l'éducation, des conditions favorables afin que les autres puissent aussi changer et, plus important encore, miner les outils dont se sert la civilisation pour nous maintenir dans ce système. Ne perdons pas de temps à manifester : cela ne change rien, c'est d'ailleurs pour cette raison que c'est permis!

Un avenir en dehors de la civilisation induit une vie meilleure: une existence dans laquelle nous pouvons décider par nous-même de notre manière de vivre.

(Thank you to Claude for the French translation / Merci
à Claude pour la traduction en français)


Un Mensaje Simple Para La Humanidad

La actividad humana está destruyendo los sistemas naturales de los cuales dependemos para nuestra supervivencia. Nuestro instinto más básico como humanos es el de sobrevivir; pero continuamos destruyendo el sistema que nos mantiene vivos. Los humans que están conectados entienden esta terrible contradicción; los desconectados no.

No todos los seres humanos son responsables: solo aquellos que forman parte de la Civilización Industrial. La Civilización Industrial depende del crecimiento económico y el uso no sostenible de los recursos naturales, de tal forma que se ha desarrollado un juego complejo de herramientas que mantienen a la gente desconectada del mundo real y viviendo de una forma que mantiene funcionando a la civilización. Los humanos han sido manipulados para ser parte de un sistema destructivo.

La única forma de evitar un colapso ecológico global y asegurar la supervivencia de la humanidad es librar al mundo de la Civilización Industrial.

La Civilización es compleja y delicada: depende de que todo opere de manera estable y tambien, de que la gente siga teniendo fé que la civilización es algo positivo. Los sistemas ecológicos globales están cambiando de distintas maneras, importantes e impredecibles; los recursos naturales se están agotando rápidamente; la población está creciendo, sobre todo en zonas urbanas; se están produciendo considerables inestabilidades políticas y civiles por todo el mundo: cualquier combinación de estos factores podría llevar a un colapso repentino y catastrofico de la civilización durante el siglo 21.

Es posible crear una situación donde la civilización se desmorone gradualmente, reduciendo el impacto en la humanidad, y cuanto antes se realice, menor sera el daño al medio ambiente global. Las cosas que podemos hacer principalmente son:


1) Reconectarnos con el mundo real, para comprender nuestra relación con él en todo lo que hacemos. Cuánto más conectados, más conscientes seremos de lo irreal que resulta la civilización.

2) Vivir de una manera que no contribuya a la expansión de la economía global, que también reduzca nuestro impacto en el medio ambiente. Recordar que las figuras de autoridad que pertenecen al sistema, como líderes políticos y corporaciones, intentarán proporcionarte consejos "ecológicos": estos consejos estan diseñados para asegurar que la civilización continúe, y deberíamos ignorarlos.

3) Crear las condiciones necesarias para que otros cambien a través de la educación e, incluso más importante, debilitando las herramientas que utiliza la civilización para que sigamos formando parte de la máquina. No desperdicies tiempo protestando: esto no cambia nada - por eso es legal.

El futuro fuera de la civilización es una vida mejor; una en la que podamos realmente decidir por nosotros mismos como vamos a vivir.

(Thank you to Joel Montes and Sara Hammond for the Spanish translation)




This statement first appeared in the online book A Matter Of Scale (
www.amatterofscale.com) and also appears in the book "Time's Up! An Uncivilized Solution To A Global Crisis." (www.timesupbook.com). This statement has been written in such a way that it can be easily understood by a large number of people, and passed on intact so that as many people as possible can read it and act upon it.

Please pass this message on: it is the most important thing ever written here.

4 User comments.

Posted by WebSpeak Ezine:

Well, actually even the most primitive of people and creatures have some influence on the environment. Sometimes negative and sometimes positive. The key is to have a positive influence.:)

[Influence, yes, "impact" no. Civilized humans impact the ecosystem and can never have a positive influence (AKA true sustainability); many other humans manage to live as a non-impacting part of the whole.

Cheers, Keith.]
Friday, February 6th 2009 @ 7:28 PM

Posted by vera:

Ugh. The Earth is not a bloody life-support MACHINE! What were you thinking? (I like your other stuff.)

[Yes, I know the word "machine" has so many connotations to it, but then so does "system" (as in "life support system": I had to choose a phrase that people would clearly understand, as in "Why would you switch off your own life-support machine?" Please don't get too hung up on individual words - sometimes you have to compromise. Keith.]
Tuesday, September 1st 2009 @ 8:13 PM

Posted by Dr Chris Lavers:

I would like to give you a direct link to a GeoEye Foundation Case Study released today on Mining and Human Rights issues raised in West Papua, and a second link to a Case Study I provided on Zimbabwe earlier in the year.

Yours sincerely,


Dr Chris Lavers

‘High-Resolution Satellite Observation of Remote Mining Areas Addresses Human Rights and Environmental Protection Issues’ GeoEye Foundation Website Highlighted Case Study of Grasberg Mine, West Papua.
http://geoeye.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=57&item=60
‘Porta Farm’ GeoEye Foundation Website Highlighted Case Study of Porta Farm Land Clearances in Zimbabwe http://geoeye.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=57&item=57, August 2009.

[Thanks Chris, very relevant - West Papua is perhaps the most culturally endangered place on Earth. Keith]
Monday, November 23rd 2009 @ 1:15 AM

Posted by Joel Montes:

Congratulations for your website, it's a very good idea and it's full of useful and very important information. I know it's incredibly difficult to make some people understand some of these ideas, but I can only hope it gets easier as things get worse.

I'm from Mexico and if you find yourself at any time in need to translate anything from english to spanish, I'll be glad to help. I translated "Ishmael" from Daniel Quinn by myself eight years ago and have sent it by email for free to as many people as I could but I must admit I haven't made such an impact on must cases. Mother culture is just as strong in third world countries as it is on the richest ones, oddly enough.

Regards.

[Thank you, Joel. A Spanish translation of this statement would be wonderful - if you have the time. I would post it immediately and, of course, credit you.

Best

Keith]
Thursday, December 10th 2009 @ 9:10 AM

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