tag:gaia.com,2008,:Gaia http://groups.gaia.com/child-free/discussions/feeds/thread/130386 en-us 1 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:35:10 GMT Gaia: Child-Free - Conversations - Why Choose to Be Child-Free In Order to Save Children's Lives http://Oceann.gaia.com Ocean tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-130386 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:35:10 GMT http://groups.gaia.com/child-free/conversations/view/130386 <p> This is from another thread here, and since someone had obviously not read all the posts I&#39;m highlighting this for all to easily see&nbsp;why having one child in a developed nation is so much more oppressive to the planet than a child in a less-developed nation is:<br /><br /><table border="0" width="100%" id="101500"><tbody><tr><td width="48"><a href="http://girlwithsmiles.zaadz.com/"><img src="http://aura1.zaadz.com/photos/9/89886/icon/Blue_eye.jpg?" alt="Happi Ness : Sky Lover" title="Happi Ness : Sky Lover" width="48" height="48" /></a> </td><td width="10">&nbsp;</td><td><a href="http://pods.zaadz.com/child-free/discussions/edit/101500"><img src="http://aura.zaadz.com/icons/silk/gifs/page_edit.gif?" alt="edit post" title="edit post" width="16" height="16" /></a> <a href="http://pods.zaadz.com/child-free/discussions/toggle_sticky/101500" onclick="if (confirm('Are you sure you want to make this a sticky post?')) { var f = document.createElement('form'); this.parentNode.appendChild(f); f.method = 'POST'; f.action = this.href; f.submit(); };return false;"><img src="http://aura1.zaadz.com/icons/silk/gifs/lightbulb.gif?" alt="make sticky" title="make sticky" width="16" height="16" /></a> <a href="http://pods.zaadz.com/child-free/discussions/toggle_lock/101500" onclick="if (confirm('Are you sure you want to lock this thread?')) { var f = document.createElement('form'); this.parentNode.appendChild(f); f.method = 'POST'; f.action = this.href; f.submit(); };return false;"><img src="http://aura0.zaadz.com/icons/silk/gifs/lock.gif?" alt="lock thread" title="lock thread" width="16" height="16" /></a> <a href="http://pods.zaadz.com/child-free/discussions/remove_thread/101500" onclick="if (confirm('Are you sure you want to remove this thread?')) { var f = document.createElement('form'); this.parentNode.appendChild(f); f.method = 'POST'; f.action = this.href; f.submit(); };return false;"><img src="http://aura.zaadz.com/icons/silk/gifs/comments_delete.gif?" alt="delete thread" title="delete thread" width="16" height="16" /></a> <h4>We need to MORE responsible than the third world</h4><a href="http://girlwithsmiles.zaadz.com/">Happi Ness</a> said Jan 26, 4:03 PM:<br /><br /><p>A woman on the upper east side of New York or in Malibu ... has a child. That child will have between eight hundred and a thousand times more negative impact on the environment of the Earth than a child born to a woman in Bangledesh. Where do we preach birth control? Bangledesh. (Terrance McKenna).<br /><br />In the days to come we need to be compassionate to all with understanding.&nbsp; We also need to be aware of the facts at hand.<br /><br />More than understanding and intention: we need action- from all of us, that includes you and me. I&#39;m up for the challenge.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> </p>