THE GRID NET CONCEPT

FOR MANY THE MODERN WORLD PROVIDES AN EASY LIVING LIFESTYLE WITH ALL THE MOD CONS AND CREATURE COMFORTS THAT MONEY CAN POSSIBLY BUY. WHILE OTHERS LESS FORTUNATE LOOK ON WITH DISAPPOINTMENT IN THEIR EYES AND LONGING FOR A BETTER LIFE IN THEIR HEARTS. WOULD IT EVER BE POSSIBLE TO BALANCE THE RICHES OF THE EARTH SO THAT EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD COULD ENJOY A LEVEL OF ABUNDANCE EQUAL TO THE NEXT PERSON?

THIS IS ONE OF THE KEY QUESTIONS I WILL EXPLORE IN THIS ESSAY AND ALL GOING TO PLAN MY ‘SOCIAL MEDIA JUNGLE DRUM’ MIGHT BE HEARD BY OTHER LIKE MINDED SOULS. SHOULD WE SUCCEED IN OPENING UP THE CONVERSATION TO AN ON LINE COMMUNITY OF ‘ASPIRING PLANET SAVERS’ IT MAY BE POSSIBLE TO FORMALISE ANY HEARTFELT CONCENSUS THAT MIGHT ARISE CONCERNING THE BURNING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME. A LEGALLY BINDING VOTING SYSTEM BASED ON PEOPLE POWER PETITIONS COULD CERTAINLY CHALLENGE THE EXISTING ORDER OF THINGS SHOULD THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING PARTIES BE  TOO GREAT for governments TO IGNORE.

I DELIGHT IN THE SPOILS OF THE MODERN WORLD AS MUCH AS ANYONE BUT WHEN I SEE MORE AND MORE OF THE SAME OLD RESOURCE DEPLETING STUFF BEING FLOGGED OFF ON THE TELEVISION I WONDER ‘AREN’T WE SUPPOSED TO BE SEEING ADS FOR THE LATEST MODEL OF SUN POWERED ELECTRIC CAR AND OTHER SUSTAINABLY PRODUCED PRODUCTS THAT WILL HELP TO REDUCE OUR COLLECTIVE IMPRINT ON THE EARTH’. It would seem that the critical mass of humanity has fallen into a state of denial that there is any problem as it continues to plunder OUR global life support system and pretend that the crunch will never come.

In terms of survival and advancement The human story is one of awe inspiring progress from our earliest beginnings to the present day. we have reached ever higher pinnacles of perfection in agriculture, technology and medicine just to name a few but deep in my inner being, perhaps in the dwindling remnants of my reptilian brain a nagging instinct for survival carves these grim words into my thoughts.

‘we forgot to build a safety net’