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Dev.
Hults
Here is a book that you must read in your book club
and I know that no one has read it yet because it is
new. It is called “The Sacred Balance” by David
Suzuki. Yes, Suzuki the Canadian. The guy from
the TV show “The Nature of Things.” I bought his
book and went and saw him speak today at the
library. Here is a little sample; On November 18r*,
1992, only five months after the largest gathering of
heads of state in history at the Earth Summit in Rio, a
document titled “World Scientists’ Warning to
Humanity” was released. IT WAS SIGNED BY
MORE THAN SIXTEEN HUNDRED SENIOR
SCIENTISTS FROM SEVENTY-ONE
COUNTRIES, INCLUDING OVER HALF OF ALL
NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS. The document began:
Human beings and the natural world are on a
collision course. Human activities inflict harsh and
often irreversible damage on the environment and on
critical resources. If not checked, many of our
current practices put at serious risk the future that we
wish for human society and the plant and animal
kingdoms, and may so alter the living world that it
will be unable to sustain life in the manner that we
know. Fundamental changes are urgent if we are to
avoid the collision our present course will bring
about. The warning went on to list the crises in the
atmosphere, water resources, the oceans, the soil,
the forests, biodiversity and human overpopulation.
The words became stark: No more than one or a few
decades remain before the chance to avert the threats
we now confront will be lost and the prospects for
humanity immeasurably diminished. We the
undersigned, senior members of the world’s
scientific community, hereby, warn all humanity of
what lies ahead. A great change in the stewardship
of the Earth and life on it is required, if vast human
misery is to be avoided and our global home on this
planet is not to be irretrievably mutilated.
Editorial
Now & Then
Oh, too true, is this month’s headline, it is an old
proverb which we picked up from a Richard Hoyt
book,’Marimba’. The book is about the “War on
Drugs”. Uncle Mike introduced us to Mr. Hoyt.
“He’s ex-CIA, a mystery writer, and kinda weird”,
he said, belaboring the obvious. In Marimba, as
well as in several of his other books, (more than a
dozen, so far.) Richard talks, with some first hand
knowledge, about how the “ War” is going. “Not too
well.” is his conclusion. We tend to agree. Recent
e-mails from the Anti-Prohibition League in Portland
have been relating the saga of the Alternative Clinic.
These are the folks who have been providing ‘the
devil weed’ to patients, who use it for ‘mostly’
medical reasons. (Which is perfectly legal in
California and Arizona, and is not what you could
call a ‘threat’, here in Oregon.) But, it seems the
highest priority for the overworked criminal justice
system in the Rose City is to make sure a bunch of
sick people aren’t having any illegal fun. (It’s gotta
be easier than bustin’ a crack house, or investigating
white collar crime, for that matter, but what is the
point?) A similar raid conducted by the D.A. in San
Francisco caused the above mentioned, perfectly
legal situation, to occur. One wonders if the folks
on the front lines of the “War” might be trying to tell
us something. Does “We had to destroy the village
to save it.” mean anything to you? These folks we
are busting are our mothers, sisters, fathers, uncles,
and children. We should not wage war on our
family.
Now, while we are in the surrealistic mode, let’s
talk about ‘Cosmetic Logging’. Excuse me, but this
is really stupid thinking. So, the ‘idea’ is that
visitors to Mt. Hood, (yuppie skiers with the
potential to buy land and contribute to the economy)
find clearcuts offensive, visually speaking, and
would feel better about being here if things were
spruced up a little. They don’t really want to feel, or
see, our pain.) So what our locals guys come up
with is to cut some more trees to ‘kind of feather out’
the visual. Like Vaseline on the lens when you want
an older person to look warm and fuzzy? Not less
cutting, more cutting, but with a visual in mind.
Around here we all understand what clearcuts look
like, and what they mean, visually (ugly),
economically (no more jobs for 50 years) and
environmentally (again, ugly & for much longer than
50 years). Wouldn’t it be better to be honest with
our guests and tell them what is really happening.
They might have some ideas that could help, seeing
as how they mostly fled places that have already lost
their appeal. They might, at least, show us the
difference between ‘cosmetic’ and ‘natural’ beauty.
Just a thought.
After outlining the steps that must be taken to shift
away from the destructive course we are on, the
scientists concluded with an appeal for support from
the scientists, business and industrial leaders,
religious leaders and people of the world. Henery
Kendall, a Nobel laureate and chairman of the Union
of Concerned Scientists, the organization sponsoring
the document remarked: This degree of consensus is
truly unprecedented. There is an exceptional degree
of agreement within the scientific community that
natural systems can no longer absorb the burden of
current human practices. The depth and breadth of
authoritative support for the Warning should give
great pause to those who question the validity of
threats to our environment. Nevertheless, when the
“World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity” was
released to the press, Canada’s national newspaper
and television network ignored it, while in the United
States, the Washington Post and the New York
Times rejected it as “not newsworthy.”
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