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Jan 22, 2013 | By: A Woman

Health Crisis due to Human Environmental intervention will END in an Equal Money Capitalism - Day 281

 

 

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Continuing to Investigate, Explore, Research and Discover the Problem, Solutions and Rewards.

A reminder is that despite of me walking specific examples that had occur and still lived in Uzbekistan, we are dealing with Patterns that manifests in some way or another in other parts of the world.

 

I suggest reading the Previous blogs to enrich your understanding:

Human Sweatshops will END in Equal Money Capitalism - Day 275

Child labour in a System of Totalitarian control Will END in Equal Money Capitalism - Day 277

Water Crisis Will End in an Equal Money Capitalism - Day 278

Unemployment will END in an Equal Money Capitalism - Day 279

 

Within this blog, we will have a look at the Problems, Solutions and Rewards in relation to the Health Crisis that developed in Uzbekistan, once what used to be prosperity land, came to be one of the most concerning issue we must address immediately when the Value of World Consumerism override the Value of Life.

 

The Problem:

 

For further Context and thus Understanding, I suggest Reading:

the EJF 'White Gold' Report' (PDF)

The Aral Sea environmental health crisis (PDF)

Health and Ecological Consequences of the Aral Sea Crisis (PDF)

Uzbekistan - World Health Organization (PDF)

The Aral Sea Crisis - Environmental Impacts

 

The Poverty that manifested due to total diminishment of the Fisherman business that used to be 50% of Uzbekistan source of income and the Citizens exposure to toxic chemicals, has had a severe effect on the

well-being of the population. That, along with the increased level of Salinity, made sure that the Uzbek Citizens are in one of the most disturbing consequences of 'Wrongly' human intervention for the sake of Greed and Power.

 

Here are some Facts I took out from the ELJ Report but you can be certain that I did my research and cross referenced the Data that I'm about to show here:

 

1. The Karakalpaks (the People from the area of the Uzbekistan Aral Sea) are exposed to the 43 million tonnes of salt and pesticide laden dust created by the drying of the Aral. In some parts of the region up to 50%

of all reported deaths are respiratory in nature. (P.3) Data from 2001 show an increased incidence of obstructive lung disease and bronchial asthma in the Aral Sea area (P.31) (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Environmental Performance Review of Uzbekistan. Geneva: UN Economic Commission for Europe (2001)

12 years later, and still no solution and the problems are increasing.

 

image2. According to study funded by the NATO Science Program, One in every 20 children is born with an abnormality, and the rate of genetic (DNA) mutation amongst Karakalpaks is 3.5 times more than the normal rate. (P.5)

Increased accumulation genetic error due to exposure to pesticide residue could well explain the region’s abnormally high cancer rates. In particular, residents of Karakalpakstan suffer from the world’s highest rate of cancer of the oesophagus. (P.31)

 

3. Unable to grow vegetables in the salinated soil, and too poor to buy food from the bazaars, the population suffer from malnutrition. Almost all Karakalpaks suffer from anaemia: 87% of teenagers, 91% of non-pregnant

women, and 99% of pregnant women. Most of these women suffer complications during pregnancy and delivery including haemorrhages. Untreated anaemia in pregnancy and young children poses a high risk for weak immune systems and a risk of brain damage (P.30)

 

4. Karakalpakstan is also gripped by tuberculosis. The disease, common amongst the world’s poor, is present in epidemic proportions. Data for2002 show that the notified incidence for new infections of pulmonary tuberculosis in Karakalpakstan was 89 per 100,000. In areas closer to the sea infection rates were higher. These statistics place the region amongst the most tuberculosis infected regions of the former Soviet Union(P.30)

 

5. Pesticides, herbicides and defoliants applied on the cotton farms throughout Uzbekistan are carried by the Amu Darya to the Aral Sea basin where they enter the food chain. A 2001 study conducted by Médecins Sans Frontières and the 'WHO' found significant levels of persistent organochlorines (including PCBs, dioxins and DDT) in samples of beef, fish, eggs, milk, potato and rice.

Further studies have detected pesticide residues in samples of treated water and breast milk. These findings correlate with a marked rise in the incidence of immunological disorders, kidney disease, and allergy, liver pathologies and reproductive pathologies amongst Karakalpak populations (P.31)

 

The Solution:

 

Obviously, Reconstitution of the Area must be the First step we must focus on and within that, to find a solutions that would restore the Equilibrium, Balance and Harmony in the Aral Sea Area.

Poverty and the Consequences that come with Poverty should not be allowed in a world of plenty. What needs to be done beside the Reconstitution of Nature, is to develop and maintain an effective Distribution system that would allow ALL equal access to the world's Resources.

Here, I suggest reading through the blog: Day 175: The Economic Problem and Equal Money Capitalism

 

One of the main Equal Money System Goals is Logistics

"In the Equal Money System, the Banking System Infrastructure will become the Logistical System that manages and Allocates resources and goods to Each Individual in the World on an Equal Basis. And your bank card will become your Life Card, which you will swipe every time you Draw Goods and Services from the Global Life Support System. The Logistical System will make sure that each person receives their just dues and at the same time will prevent abuse and exploitation. Each person will have access to the Global System to review the current Status of Available Resources and to vote on effective distribution and allocation – and to place preference selections and make suggestions."

 

 

The Rewards:

 

At the individual Level - Dignified and Worthy Life for ALL and specifically for those who suffers from our lack of responsibility as we have blindly accepted and allowed the current condition to not only manifest but to also continue as it does.

One must understand that with effective management/Logistical system Every Human in this world will taken cared for. In that, Health Crisis will End and we will no longer have to carry the Sins of the Fathers that is currently passing on Generation after Generation on the DNA level.

 

On a Global Level - The End of ineffective Body Structure on a DNA level will cease to exists eventually which would result with the enhancement of Humanity as a whole.

Jan 20, 2013 | By: A Woman

Unemployment will END in an Equal Money Capitalism - Day 279

 

 

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In my Previous Blog, we were Looking at The Water Crisis in Uzbekistan as a Result of 'Successful' Cotton Industries that Diverted the Natural Water Resource of the Aral Sea into Irrigation of the Cotton fields. Within that, the only beneficiaries were and still are the Totalitarian Government and us, the Consumers that are able to purchases cheap Cotton on the Expense of the Humans, Animal Kingdom and Nature in the Aral Sea Area of Uzbekistan.

 

In this Blog, we will Look at the Life of the People in the Aral Sea area from the Perspective of the Prosperity of those who where dependent on the Sea on an Economic Level and in the next blog, we will look at the Consequences they are facing Both Economically and Physically that had emerged from the Disappearance of the Aral Sea.

 

The Problem:

 

For further Context and thus Understanding, I suggest Reading:

the EJF 'White Gold' Report' (PDF)

The Aral Sea: a prime example of human recklessness

People of the Lake

THE PROBLEMS OF FISHERMEN IN THE SOUTHERN ARAL SEA REGION (PDF)

 

 

The 'Disappearance of the Aral Sea has been associated with the loss of thousands of jobs, especially in fishing related activities.

 

In the 1960s, the Soviet Union made the decision to build large pastoral dwellings for farmers and thus, long canals were created to irrigate the Farmer's Fields. Back then, the Aral sea had a commercial fishery that brought in more than 40,000 to 45,000 tonnes of fish each year. Thousands of fishermen worked the Aral, and others found jobs in processing plants, canneries and railroad yards, where train cars full of fish left daily for markets in Moscow.

 

Already in the 70ties, this dropped to 17,000 tonnes per year. The fish stock decreased further over the following years and families who had lived in the Aral Sea area for generations, making their living from fishing, either migrated or had to find new ways to earn money or… Remain unemployed.

 

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The Testimonies of these families are quite frightening as their Life transformed from Prosperity to Absolute Poverty.

 

The Loss of Jobs and means to Survive is a Consequences we were all Directly Responsible for as it is us, who had accepted and allowed ourselves to be Brainwashed into Consumers that Buy and Buy and Buy without taking the Responsibility to investigate all things and keep that which is good. We are Responsible for the Lives of these Fisherman that are no longer able to Honourably support their Families but instead, strives for their Daily Survival.

As you would see in the next blog to come - The lost of their job is not even the Primary Consequences of the Aral Sea Diminishment. The Crucial Consequences is the Health Crisis that had manifested around the Aral Sea Area on a DNA level which would effect also the Generations to come.

 

The Solution:

There are already attempts to Save the Aral Sea however, so far, it was only been done on the North part of the Sea wherein the Uzbekistan People are still Desperate for a proper Solution that isn't coming and most likely won't come from their Totalitarian Government of Control and Greed.

 

However, in an Equal Money Capitalism where the Humans understand their Collective Responsibility for the better Life of ALL - the first step is to Investigate Solutions to Restore the Sea Level. We must Internalize that it was Humans who Created the Problem with the Aral sea, it must be Humans to find a solution to Undo/Correct the Problem and so, Prevent Future devastating Consequences.

 

The People around the Aral Sea Area will be Employed to Research their Resources and be Supported by the World until a solution is Established, Implemented and Sufficiently for a Dignified and Worthwhile Life.

 

Understand, at this stage, we do not have a specific Solutions for each specific Problems but what we do have is Principles - That which is best for all lives, Investigate all things and Keep that which is good and Give as You would like to Receive. Within theses Principles, we make sure that everyone are being considerate and taken cared for because that is what we would have like others to do for us.

 

Thus, Research and Investigation must be done and Solutions with the Utmost Potential outcomes must and will be Established and implemented in an Equal Money Capitalism.

 

The Rewards:

 

At an Individual Level, the Lives of those who Live around the Aral Sea will finally Restored to it's original form of Prosperity, Harmony and Joy. In this, when Life is no longer Defined by Survival, the people would be able to expand, explore and discover themselves in a way that would benefit themselves and us all.

 

On a Global level, this would be one step forwards to the Return of Harmony, Balance and Equilibrium on Earth which would result with Far more Balanced climate as it now where we experienced the consequences of Human Intervention with Extreme weather changes all around the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jan 19, 2013 | By: A Woman

Water Crisis Will End in an Equal Money Capitalism - Day 278

 

clip_image001Water Crisis Will End in an Equal Money System and within this Blog, I will show one Example of a Country that is suffering from Water Crisis due to Human Intervention of Power, Greed and Control. What one must Remember and internalize is that we are Dealing with Patterns and so, as I'm walking one Specific Example/Pattern, we could Learn and Externalize a Solution that is best for all, world wide. Our Starting Point and the Result must stand in Equilibrium in Establishing Harmony on Earth - Nature, Animal Kingdom and Human Beings.

 

If you haven't already, I suggest to also have a look at my previous blog:

Child labour in a System of Totalitarian control Will END in Equal Money Capitalism - Day 277

 

The Problem:

 

For further Context and thus Understanding, I suggest Reading:

the EJF 'White Gold' Report' (PDF)

Aral Sea – Save Aral Sea

 

And watching:

The Aral Sea story

The Shrinking Aral Sea - Uzbekistan

Aral Sea - Kazakhstan

 

 

Uzbekistan - The Death of the Aral Sea and the Cotton Industry

 

The Aral Sea started Shrinking around the 60's due to the Soviet Decision to Divert the water Resource to Irrigation. This is what Happened since:

 

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And for a visual view watch the following short Video:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AShrinking_Aral_Sea.ogv

 

The Photos Speaks for themselves and the information you require to know about the problem was discussed in detail within the links I've added to the reading / watching list above.

 

To make a long story short - the consequences as we can see in the pictures above are just the tip of the Iceberg. As I continue walking and revealing the Problems in Uzbekistan, one would be able to see the patterns for what we have accepted and allowed within this world as a whole, directly and indirectly and within that, could see and have a greater understanding as to Why and How  the Lives of Humans, Animals and Plants are being Destroyed by Human Intervention based on "Wrongly" Management, Corrupted Politicians and Greed. However, bear in Mind that "Wrongly" Management, Corruption and Greed of those in Power and Control are the Mirror of what each and every one of us had accepted and allowed to live out, in secret, in side our own minds. Our 'Comfort zones', that things that 'blocks' our power to actually stand up for a world that is best for all is the proof of the Evilness both within and without - the Blame must stop now and from here, we must work with the Prevention Principle in making sure we stop the Continuation of abusive Consequences which would enable us to Create the Consequences that would manifest and result with an out come that is best for all lives, Equally.

 

Here, I will share a few disturbing highlights with regards to the Aral Sea Disappearance, based on the EJF Report which you can download - EJF 'White Gold' Report':

 

1. "Cotton production in central Asia has all but eradicated the Aral Sea – a vast area once the world’s 4th largest inland body of water and now reduced to just 15% of its former volume. Appalling mismanagement of this vital water resource – used largely for cotton production – by the Soviet authorities and their successors has led to the disappearance of the sea’s 24 species of native fish, the drying out of associated wetlands and the creation of thousands of environmental refugees, former dependents of the Aral’s riches. " (P.3)

 

2. "The primary cause of the Aral Sea crisis has been irrigation, mainly for cotton. In Uzbekistan, almost 20,000 litres are withdrawn for every kilogramme of cotton harvested. According to the World Bank, Uzbek farmers withdraw an average 14,000m3 (Cubic metre) of water for every hectare of irrigated farmland. With over 1.47 million hectares under cotton, Uzbek cotton farms consume over 20km3 of water every year."

 

3. "The environmental consequences are apparent over an area of approximately 400,000 km2. Within this vast area, falling downstream water availability and increased salinity have led to the shrinkage of wetlands and lakes by up to 85% …"  "...Desiccation has also reduced and fragmented the Tugai forests. Russian experts

estimate that in some parts of Uzbekistan as little as 15% to 20% of the Tugai forests remain. These unique riparian communities of poplar, willow, oleaster, and reeds once stretched along the Amu Darya covering an estimated 100,000 hectares. Populated by 576 plant species, including 29 endemic to Central Asia, the Tugai provided habitat for amphibians, reptiles and birds, as well as reed cats, jackals, foxes, badgers, voles, wild boars and deer. The Bukhara Deer (Cervus elaphus bactrianus), once found throughout the riverine ecosystems of Central Asia, now numbers just 300 Animals." (P.26)

 

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4. A recent report by the World Bank states, ‘Irrigation and drainage infrastructure is beginning to fall apart. Canals are silted up or damaged, gates are broken or non-existent, and pumps held together by improvised repairs and parts cannibalised from other machinery. 'The Aral’s disappearance is a physical testimony

to the unsustainability of Uzbek cotton production "

 

As I've mentioned earlier - this, is just the tip of the Iceberg as I will show you in the Next Blog what are the Consequences that effect the lives of those who were able to 'Survive' the Environmental Catastrophe that were forced upon them.

 

 

The Solution:

 

We have reached a point of no Return as the Sea is already almost entirely gone. There are attempts to save the sea but so long as the Totalitarian Control is in place, the change won't be significant. Obviously, with the EMC, there would no longer be Totalitarian Government as it is clearly proven to be harmful, abusive and is part of the Disharmony that exists in this world.
 

In a system were Greed and Corruption are no longer Existent, we should really investigate our Consumption habits and within that, make informative Decisions based on the Principle of 'what is best for all Lives' and in that, take into consideration that 'Life' isn't just of the Humans but Life is everything that exists within this world, from the smallest to the greatest which include Nature and the entire Animal Kingdom.

 

Once we prioritized our 'Preferences', we would immediately see, in self honesty that our Consumerism behaviours has Consequences and therefor, a change within our consumption habits must be change ASAP. Therefore, the Solution must be Integrated with Re-Education Programs of the Humans' mind as a whole.

 

As I've mentioned in my Previous blog:

"There are Extensive documentaries that reveal the Secrets behind our Decision Making. We will  utilize the Research and Documentaries that were done to Correct and Undo that Harm that was caused by public relations and propaganda specialists, which from there, we could Develop Educational Programs to Educate the Consumers and correct our Consumption Behaviours and Transform our Behaviour to stand in alignment to a Principle 'that which is best for all Lives'

For those who are interested to start their Process of Re-Education with regards to this point, I invite you to study the 'Century of the Self' by Adam Curtis."

 

Once our Consumerism behaviour and habits change, there would be no need for massive fields of Cotton that are currently resources into absolute diminishment of Earth at large.

 

The Reward:

 

IMG_2738 copyThose who lives around the Aral Sea, would may be Rewarded by Nature itself when and as Nature will Restore its Balance and Harmony once the Human Abusive Intervention would stop. Therefor, they would be able to Coexists with the Sea again, as they did in the past, wherein the sea was their Life Resource of Food, Water and Clean Air.

Once I finish walking the Crisis in Uzbekistan, you would be able to see for yourself the Benefits and the Rewards that would emerge with EMC because at the moment, you still do not have encompassing view of the Real Problem, a real solution and thus, the real Rewards for Humanity as a whole.

 

Thus, at the End of this blog Series, I would write an Entire list of Rewards that would astound as you could see what can really be done in this world that would benefit Everyone.