Paul-
My solution?  You've all ready mentioned it, education.  I'm not talking
about readin', writin', rithmatic; I'm talking about collective caring
and cooperation from the "so called" formally educated.  If the majority
can just get there minds off "lining their pockets" and turn social
attitudes toward living in harmony with nature, instead of being at war
with it, this attitude, I am confident will work its way via mass media,
including instruction to "3rd world" countries into the minds of the
"lower" classes.  My concern is primarily this attitude of "If I can't
make a buck off it, screw it!" Example: Here in Pinellas Co. we get our
drinking water from a well field in the next county. Now we have "water
wars". I have watched for 17 years, the environmental destruction and
the thousands of deaths that have occurred from lakes and ponds turned
to sand in that county.  All you hear about is "Where can we get more
water?" Never, "Maybe we should stop building condos and 'creating' jobs
so more people will move here and increase our income.  What does it
take to think beyond greed?  I only know for myself.  I can only tell
what I have seen.  And maybe Carl Sagan's lament is correct, maybe
humans are destined to destroy themselves by their own ignorance.  If
this is a major flaw in our evolution and won't be bred out in time then
I guess I might as well grab my "piece of the pie" before it's gone.  To
all who resist and sometimes condemn those of us who love our planet, I
say, it's your home too. Destroy it and you destroy the lives of all who
could have lived after you, not to mention the present beauty you may
never see.  To those who think they are going to a better world, GO NOW,
because you're trashing mine!
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