Water 'rights'
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"Do you think a good understanding of whole picture should be required before controlling significant amounts of a precious resource?"
Yes I do. That understanding could lead us in a direction that would require less control. And in all honesty they should not be controlling what they do not understand.
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working within and becoming familiar the bounds of laws is a good start if one is inclined to change things... but at this point doing what works best for the land in conjunction with ourselves and the greater community of life is often never considered... it's usually what 'we' think we need or want that is at the forefront of action with little or no consideration for 'the others'. systemic thinking and action is needed here: me+ecology+careful observation= consideration of all = future.
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it might be easier to ask if the rain owns us . :)
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eloquently put sir. zooming way back to see our place in the bigger picture of ecology would be a huge step , yes. So often 'the others' are voiceless and exploited until they hit us in the face . Careful observation will move us away from the current 'dominion' meme hopefully.
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We don't own the rain...? How mad is it that you can't collect rainwater...that is so un eco friendly.
....this is a good example of things to come--'not your water'
Thanks for this.
Namaste,
CG
kathmandau 1 year ago
@kathmandau how it goes with lack of foresight . "police yourselves or be policed" is seldom heeded . : )
jojo808 1 year ago
Soon they'll be throwing you in jail for standing in the rain and drinking the rain droplets. Morons!
vaporose 2 years ago
sure hope effort to control or preserve water don't go that far .
jojo808 2 years ago
If people hadn't already built metropolis areas in places like Las Vegas, where there isn't any rainfall, we wouldn't have already had to damn up the entire Colorado River and keep Mexico from getting any and the farmers who used to depend on the river. In native islands, we commercial fish for profit until there's no more fish, then tell the indigenous folks they can't spear fish for food because there isn't enough. It's not about preservation, it's about profits.
vaporose 2 years ago 2
too true vapor. i grew up in the pacific islands & spent a decade in the Aleutians . I feel that capitalism pushes us to commoditize everything for ourselves before the "other guy does it". We forget "the others' as fromsoiltosoul puts it, meaning everything we depend on. In Alaska the natives are allowed to do many things non-native can't because they have proven that they understand and respect 'the others' . Not everyone collecting water understands,, even with the best intentions .
jojo808 2 years ago