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of small pox would be the cost of two navy frigates. One cannot achieve speedier disarmament or accelerated development through patchwork conventions and inter governmental treaties. They must be reinforced by global promotion of the culture of Non-violence. It cannot remain a temple doctrine. It must become a life style if we wish to save our civilization from decay, degeneration and destruction.
Another important point in the Declaration is the emphasis on simplicity as against greed-based consumerism and the waste it entails. In the world of plenty, it is plenty, which is polluting. In contrast, there is the world of the poor, where, poverty is polluting. The worst pollutant is when the rich become richer at the cost of the poor. It is a tragic state of affairs that at the present time, 20% of the world's population living in highly industrialized countries consumes about 75% of the world's resources. There is so much wasteful consumption in developed countries, when in the poorer nations there is not enough to have two square meals a day of the most simple and frugal type. Earth Saver foundation has published data, which shows that to feed the World's current population with the American style diet would require 21/2 times as much grain as the world's farmers produce in total. Most American eats 4 to 6 times the amount of protein required for good health. This extra protein is wasted and can cause diseases. Those of us who are used to comfortable living in posh surrounding and highly developed infrastructure need to realize that about 1.3 billion lack sufficient fuel wood for cooking and heating purposes. The North at present constituting roughly one-fifth of the world's population consumes 70% of world's energy, 75% of its meals, 85% of its wood and 60%of its food.
The spiritual goal of simplicity and sufficiency requires that the existing distribution of global consumption and global consumption and global wealth must undergo a fundamental change. The industrialized countries and its affluent population
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