Monday, March 12, 2007

Consumerism v Humanitarianism

I am reading "Living the Good Life" by Linda Cockburn. It is about an Australian family who spent 6 months without spending any money. They planned it for years in advance, building up a vegetable garden and keeping chickens and a goat to provide all their food, installing solar panels on their roof and rainwater catchment tanks etc.

Iam enjoying it so far, it is a good read. I'll probably write a proper review when I've finished it. But for now I wanted to share with you the following table from the book. When I read it, I wanted to cry.

CONSUMERISM V. HUMANITARIANISM
Consider the priorities in global spending in 1998
Global Priority......................................................$US Billions
Basic education for everybody in the world.......................6
Cosmetics in the United States.......................................8
Water and sanitation for everyone in the world..................9
Ice cream in Europe.....................................................11
Reproductive health for all women in the world..................12
Perfumes in Europe and the United States........................12
Basic health and nutrition for everyone in the world............13
Pet foods in Europe and the United States........................17
Business entertainment in Japan.....................................35
Cigarettes in Europe.....................................................50
Alcoholic drink in Europe................................................105
Narcotic drugs in the world............................................500
Military spending in the world.........................................780

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Drinks, drugs and guns... what a funny little race we are.

lilymarlene said...

An absolute demonstration of skewed priorities!
I have noticed that the next generation (my son's....27) don't have any idea of the difference between a luxury and a necessity. And that is despite careful upbringing, teaching him to save etc. I think they learn more from their peers and the media than ever they do from us.

Kirsty said...

looks an interesting book, shall have to see if my library has it (in the spirit of not spending any money ;) )

Anonymous said...

Right, bagsy I borrow it when you're done

Moonwaves said...

I've been collecting a list of books that sound interesting ever since I discovered blogging. Must actually print the thing out and take it to the library to see if I can get any of them there. This one has been added to it as well!

Anonymous said...

Hey - just found your blog after doing a bit of research inspired by the same book you are reading - very thought provoking - I look forward to your review!

Anonymous said...

*speechless*

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