Your
real needs are very simple. Poor people have no choice but to live simply
which is why they are mostly not guilty of messing up our planet. They won't
be reading this because they won't have any way to get to use a computer. Because
you're reading this, chances are you and your family are not poor. It's you
who I'm asking to think carefully about the differences between needs and wants.
It's you who can do something to stop eating the future.
And as
you know, the rest of us animals just take what we need and no more. Future-eaters?
Not guilty! Not us other animals!
| A TRASHY KIND OF LIFE |
| Some very poor people make a miserable living out of sifting through rubbish piles thrown away by richer people. They collect trash which they can sell for a few cents for recycling, or just re-use some of it for themselves and their families. Sometimes they may be so hungry they have to eat waste food. Not surprisingly, some of these people catch diseases and die. |