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Evo Morales’ 10 Commandments to save the Planet

(PL and ABI New York, April 21, 2008).- (translation from Spanish courtesy Jubilee South/Americas)

Bolivian President Evo Morales said today that to save the planet requires putting an end to the capitalist model and for the North to pay its Ecological Debt. This was the first of 10 points presented by Morales at the inauguration of the UN’s VII Indigenous Forum, in a long address acclaimed by participants at this annual gathering.

Morales Ayma proposed 10 commandment to save the world, life, and all of humanity, making reference to respect for the earth, renouncing war, bilateral relations without impositions, water and land as human rights, clean energy, no to biofuels, basic services, prioritizing what is produced locally, promoting cultural diversity, and the notion of “living well” through communitarian socialism and in harmony with mother Earth.

The president affirmed that there remain two paths toward saving humanity, life, and the plant Earth: either recovering a way of life in harmony with mother Earth and all of life, or following the path of capitalism and death.

Morales insisted that the only way to save the world is to put an end to this way of thinking that promotes individualist selfishness and a thirst for profits. He asked indigenous peoples, peasants and governments of the world to consume what is necessary, giving priority to what is produced locally and avoiding waste and luxury.

The head of state further expressed that “the huge impact of climate change is not a product of human beings in general, but of the dominant capitalist system with its unlimited industrial development; that is why I feel it is important to put an end to the exploitation of human beings and the plundering of natural resources”.

TEN COMMANDMENTS TO SAVE THE PLANET

1. In order to save the planet, the capitalist model must be eradicated and the North pay its ecological debt, rather than the countries of the South and throughout the world continuing to pay their external debts.

2. Denounce and PUT AN END to war, which only brings profits for empires, transnationals, and a few families, but not for peoples. The million and millions of dollars destined to warfare should be invested in the Earth, which has been hurt as a result of misuse and overexploitation.

3. Develop relations of coexistence, rather than domination, among countries in a world without imperialism or colonialism. Bilateral and multilateral relations are important because we belong to a culture of dialogue and social coexistence, but those relationships should not be of submission of one country to another.

4. Water is a human right and a right for all living things on the planet. It is not possible that there be policies that permit the privatization of water.

5. Develop clean energies that are nature friendly; put an end to energy wastefulness. In 100 years we are doing away with the fossil fuels that have been created over millions of years. Avoid the promotion of agrofuels. It is incomprehensible that some governments and economic development models can set aside land in order to make luxury cars run, rather than using it to provide food for human beings. Promote debates with governments and create awareness that the earth must be used for the benefit of all human beings and not to produce agrofuels.

6. Respect for the mother Earth. Learn from the historic teachings of native and indigenous peoples with regard to the respect for the mother Earth. A collective social consciousness must be developed among all sectors of society, recognizing that the Earth is our mother.

7. Basic services, such as water, electricity, education, healthcare, communications, and collective transportation should all be considered human rights; they cannot be privatized but must rather be public services.

8. Consume what is necessary, give priority and consume what is produced locally, put an end to consumerism, waste, and luxury. It is incomprehensible that some families dedicate themselves to the search for luxury, when millions and millions of persons do not have the possibility to live well.

9. Promote cultural and economic diversity. We are very diverse and this is our nature. A plurinational state, in which everyone is included within that state - whites, browns, blacks, everyone.

10. We want everyone to be able to live well, which does not mean to live better at the expense of others. We must build a communitarian socialism that is in harmony with the mother Earth.

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I installed Fedora 9 Beta (Rawhide) on a new computer today, and I must say I am very impressed. The design is wonderful and it loads faster than any fedora / fedora core I’ve ever run. It’s not quite ready yet, so the fedora team has pushed back the final release 2 weeks. At the time being bugzilla is quite difficult to operate due to the mass of entries. The fedora QA team is working on the issue, but they need volunteers.

Fedora is a community-supported GNU/Linux-based operating system that is comprised of completely free software( It is very close to GNU’s standards for a free operating system)
Fedora focuses on cutting edge free and open source software, and stands out along with Ubuntu as an ideal Desktop OS.

Fedora 8 is available for download now

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Or..map of Web 2.0, err..online communities, well, it’s all in good fun anyway.

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A new social networking service has recently started up, and thankfully it’s an original idea. Now before you read on, I should warn you, if you’re paranoid about your online privacy you won’t terribly be enthusiastic about this idea. Admittingly I had some trouble getting used to the thought at first, but I can see how this could be very useful.

Anyway, moving on, the service is called wakoopa. Once you sign up, you download a small application that monitors which applications you use, and for how long. You can also review the software you use, and view other people’s reviews. Recommendations based on the data will also appear on your ‘dashboard’. Another feature I found useful is notifications of which installed software is out of date. Note that all this information can also be syndicated into an RSS feed(nice).

As for the social part, nothing too revolutionary, you can add contacts, join teams, etc. Code to put on your website/blog for displaying a small widget of your top 10 software is provided, not too much customization allowed, but the service is new, so that’s forgivable. Example:

If you don’t feel comfortable installing such software, leave a comment explaining why, I’d like to hear from you. Otherwise, sign up here and view my profile here

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