The Environmental Creed. Por Don Boudreaux.
What we almost never hear from self-proclaimed “environmentalists” is recognition of the upside of contemporary life. The commerce and industry that produce all the things that environmentalists ecstatically despise also produce incredible amounts of wealth, health and cleanliness — not to mention the leisure necessary for modern people to reflect upon and enjoy nature.
Also, too many environmentalists condemn people who don’t share their creed. For example, I don’t recycle my trash because my time is too precious for me to spend it sorting such items into different containers. I never criticize those who do recycle, but environmentalists point accusing fingers at us nonrecyclers. In environmentalists’ eyes, those who unquestioningly disregard the value of one resource (time) in order to spend it on the conservation of other resources (wood, plastic and glass) are righteous while those of us who value and conserve time are sinners.
And just as religious belief sometimes can inspire adherents to commit acts of cruelty against other human beings, so, too, can environmentalism. Such cruelty is vividly revealed in the new film “Mine Your Own Business.” This movie is a documentary centered on a small Romanian town, Rosia Montana. A poor mountain village, Rosia Montana was chosen by a western mining company as a site for a new mine — an enterprise that would have offered higher-paying jobs to the mostly peasant, rural population.
Leitura complementar: A importância de explicar a reciclagem às crianças; A reciclagem e os preços de mercado; The meaning of “Earth Day”; Os custos económicos e ambientais da reciclagem; Os custos económicos e ambientais da reciclagem (2); A reciclagem e a intolerância eco-religiosa; A reciclagem e a intolerância eco-religiosa (2).
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André Azevedo Alves
Carlos Guimarães Pinto
Helder Ferreira
Bruno Garschagen
João Luís Pinto
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Bruno Alves
Miguel Botelho Moniz
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Miguel Noronha
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António Costa Amaral (AA)
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Rui Oliveira
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André Abrantes Amaral
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Rodrigo Adão da Fonseca
Adolfo Mesquita Nunes
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Carlos M. Fernandes
Maria João Marques
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Nuno Branco
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Tomás Belchior
Bruno Gonçalves
Ricardo G. Francisco
Tiago Loureiro
Ricardo Campelo de Magalhães
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Ricardo Arroja
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