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The presentation is for sharing the key perspectives emanating from Green and Islamic Discourses. Centre for Ecological Audit, Social Inclusion and Governance while making sense of recessions calls for the protection of ecologically sustainable habitats with distributive justice for the renewable resource based livelihoods, habitats and resource. Urgent policy action is needed for halting the ecologically hostile finance system that has collapsed under its own contradictions. Interfaith common commands against usury needs to be built in regulatory framework at various levels.
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DR. MUHAMMAD MUKHTAR ALAMEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(H)
CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL AUDIT, SOCIAL INCLUSION AND GOVERNANCE , DELHI,
INDIA [email protected] TEL:09968345380,09210490942
Celebrating Ecologically Benevolent Recession: Green/Islamic/Monotheistic
Perspectives
What is recession?
Reduction in demand for high end products, properties especially in the urban areas
Reduction in demand for high tech services and products
Deceleration in consumption of ecologically hostile products and services based on non-renewable resources such as fossil fuels
An outcome of the market deregulation with freedom for speculative and usurious finance instruments and excessive focus on the urban development
recession= reduction in consumption→austerity→pleasure of Almighty
How it is impacting our lives
A general reduction in demand for high end services and infrastructure
Loss of jobs in the urban areas and creation of distress for many families involved in sectors associated with the exports
Reduction in income for many families leading to food insecurity, starvation especially in urban areas
Reverse migration to ecologically sustainable habitats and halting of migration to ecologically hostile habitats
Is recession ecologically hazardous? No
Hallowed ‘market’ forces have been proved wrong with the destruction of ecologically hazardous usurious finance system
Industries are finding ecologically sustainable solutions following the economic crisis
Buildings planned for operating efficiently with renewable energy
Financial crisis provides an opportunity for change in exploring options for renewable energy and transformation of consumption patterns
Energy consulting for renewable energy options with measures for reducing the energy needs gets a new vigour as climate change related findings get more and more serious
Recession is ecologically benevolent and it needs to sustained for halting the pace of climate change
Recession is ecologically benevolent
As it reduces the consumption of Green House Gas emitting services and utilities that has been part of any vision of higher and higher levels of GDP growth of nations, states and cities across the world
It has reduced the number of decisions for using GHG emitting vehicles
Many housing projects have been halted and price of the property has gone down
Time for recalling the martyrdom and governance for recession
Why to recall politics and governance?
For electing men and women as leaders who would help in securing ecologically benevolent habitats for present and the future
For assessing how they are contributing to ecologically hostile development of habitats
For discouraging men and women who are party to expanding ecologically hostile development responsible for ephemeral booms
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To accelerate the pace of transition for ecologically sustainable habitats with reduction in the emission of green house gas emissions
To ensure that leaders are indeed leaders for the ecologically sustainable change
To ensure that there are simultaneous adoption of policies for change
To ensure election of leaders committed to the agenda of socially inclusive and ecologically safe India
Tackling recession: what governments can do?
Announce living family allowances for unemployed
Enhance the allowances for senior citizens, disabled ,single women ,widows and others seeking social security
Food stamps for poor/ Expanded access to PDS supplies of essential commodities
Distributive justice for renewable (land, water, forest) resources
Role of Private Sector
Planning ecologically sustainable green business strategy
Integrating ecological audit in all operationsSharing of profits with poor directly or
through voluntary organizationsEliminating unsustainable wage differentials Minimizing green house emissions in all
operationsPlanning for the end of petro-modern age
considering the peak oil production
Recall the Day of Judgment for death of ecologically hostile Satanic engagements
Signs of the Day of Judgment
Music in all homesRebellion against commands of God through
governments and shrinking of power for men and women establishing the standards of piety
Extraction of mines maximised without understanding the limits for exhibitionist needs
rebellion celebrated with condemnation of men and women calling for establishment of moral standards
Celebrating recession
Through organising carbon neutral neighborhood discussions/ consultations/meetings/ conferences
Breaking the barriers and reaching out to all who need support and counseling
Going back to farms , cattle rearing and planting trees for clean air
Assisting relatives in reviving ecologically sustainable agriculture, plantation and cattle rearing
Culture of prayer for halting climate change
Offering prayer 5 times a day keeps us away from using ecologically hostile leisure such as dancing and drinking
Its global adoption would generate reduction by millions of tons of Green House Gas emission across the cities where people are using ecologically hostile means for leisure by visiting dancing halls and discotheques
Its integration in the cultural policy and environmental policy of all the organisations is the need of the hour
Recession= celebration for birds and tigers