This is a video that recounts the Chipko Movement. The Chipko Movement began in India in 1974 in which activists following Gandhian non-violent resistance to prevent deforestation in Uttarakhand by the Indian Forest Service.
This video is particularly interesting becuase it is form the point of view of the women activists who tell the story from their first-hand experience. Their resistance eventually led to a national law prohibiting cutting of trees above 1000m.
The Chipko movement, while not originally a conservation movement, represents one the first organized environmentalist actions in the developing world. In addition, the Chipko movement is said to have coined the term "Tree-hugging" for the way the activists would block loggers from cutting the trees. (See image)
In response to the Chipko Movement :
ReplyDeleteIndustrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment.
Industrial Society is destroying necessary things [Animals, Trees, Air, Water and Land] for making unnecessary things [consumer goods].
"Growth Rate" - "Economy Rate" - "GDP"
These are figures of "Ecocide".
These are figures of "crimes against Nature".
These are figures of "destruction of Ecosystems".
These are figures of "Insanity, Abnormality and Criminality".
The link between Mind and Social / Environmental-Issues.
The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in psychological problems besides destroying the environment. All issues are interlinked. Our Minds cannot be peaceful when attention-spans are down to nanoseconds, microseconds and milliseconds. Our Minds cannot be peaceful if we destroy Nature [Animals, Trees, Air, Water and Land].
Chief Seattle of the Indian Tribe had warned the destroyers of ecosystems way back in 1854 :
Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you realize that you cannot eat money.
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Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment
Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment
Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment
Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment
sushil_yadav
Delhi, India