Consciousness Raising

Over the past 500 years, the population of humans on Earth has grown from half a billion, to 6 and a half billion. Technology, the global market place, and powerful corporations are thriving and have given rise to a more globally connected planet. These powerful forces have also introduced new environmental and social problems on a global scale. The solution to this global crisis, is a global alliance.

The global alliance I propose would consist of prestigious intellects, and respected thinkers from different cultures of the earth. This round table of great thinkers would come to ethical and environmental decisions on how humans should live in the 21st century. The goal of the global alliance is to prolong the survival of life on earth over thousands of year. The organization will do this by spreading awareness of ideas, ethics, businesses, and products that abide by the set of standards that do not damage or abuse future life on earth.

The global alliance would be able to certify individuals and business, that are aware of global issues, and are actively involved in decision making that prolong life on earth. An individual or business can become certified by first being educated on the major issues of our time. Second the individual or business will need to pass a multiple choice test that addresses the major global issues. If an individual answer a question that the global alliance does not agree with, the individual would be educated on the subject, and will be given an opportunity to answer the question again. Thirdly, the individual or business will voluntarily agree to choose to live by the ethics presented by the global alliance. Businesses that are certified by the global alliance will be required to pay a nominal fee, and would be able to display the Globally Certified Logo for the public to see. Globally certified intelligent people will naturally support Globally Certified businesses over heartless self centered businesses.

Globally certified individuals and businesses would be educated in a variety of topics such as: Population regulation, voter turnout, environmentalism, diet, garbage, pollution, and destructive market trends. Earth conscious businesses will be promoted, while destructive heartless corporations will be boycotted or avoided. Certified individuals and people will need to be re-certified each year.

The global alliance could potentially unite the planet with wisdom, and promote decision making that prolongs life on planet earth. As each individual realizes that by being educated about the current issues, they can do there part in to protect the planet. As the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt: "The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man or one party or one nation. It must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world."

Ahhh mission accomplished.  I was feeling a little down earlier so I went out and entertained myself.  I spent 30 dollars and hired a few local homeless guys for a few hours.  One threw paper flower pedals in front of me while I marched downtown from the big new library and through downtown and back to the indian resturant.  He carried a sign I hade that said "Duty now: for the future!"  I had 2 of the others follow behind me and yell "I'm shouting!" whenever I gave them a hand signal and "SHOUT" when I did another (they got it well on their own later).  I then yelled a song repeatedly during all 45 minutes of this operation.  Here are the lyrics for Devo - Shout.  I made sure my body language was as threatening as I could be, but making sure to sing only in a monotone robot voice.  Some fled me, some kinda hid on the other side of a tree.  The guys really appreciated such an easy 10 dollars.

 

Shout shout

i'm shoutin' about the world outside
i'm shoutin' because you just can't hide
i'm shoutin' from the plain honest truth
i'm shoutin' there's so much we could do

Shout i'm shoutin' shoutin' shoutin'

I'm shoutin' because it's hard to believe
i'm shoutin' it's so easy to see
i'm shoutin' we're waitin' for a reply
i'm shoutin' for the very last time

shout well baby this one's for you
shout for everything that you do
shout until the battle is won
shout we'll live to fight on and on

and when you add it all together
and when you roll it in a ball
and when you watch another pyramid
as it's about to fall
remember you were there
remember if you care
all those who held their ground
when it all came down
said shout shout

shout it out

 

 Though I'm having trouble raising rent this month, I still think it was a fine investment. Next time we will use kazoos.

It seems to me that a good number of important things need to be made more widely known and understood and it is up to us to master the art of consciousness raising so that we can spread the word and lead the way forward in humanity's evolution. The women's rights and civil rights movements showed the way forward for big important truths to find acceptance and justice for all. It may begin with people teaching their friends to use reusable shopping bags and CFL bulbs but those could build confidence and sharing abilities to the point that we can tackle much larger matters.