Anyway, I hope this message reaches many people around the globe. I live in a part of the world racing to catch up with the West, racing to consume just as much as you guys do, racing to be 'developed', to have the latest gadgets, an SUV, a stock portfolio and all the rest of it. It's filthy, polluted, congested with traffic you will never believe until you experience it, with 10 million souls casting about to make a living here. Thanks to cutting down trees, we now have mudslides which kill hundreds at a pop. Excessive fishing has destroyed coastal forests and mangrove forests and led to depleted fish stocks.
Hotel collapses from shoddy building practices are common.
Dams have destroyed villages and communities to make sure we in Bangkok have enough water for our pools. But those at the top live very well indeed, thank you, having benefited enormously from their factories and their deals with Western companies who have set up shop here looking to cash in on cheap labour and loose regulations. Copyright 2000 by Sustainable Enterprises. All rights reserved. Please be advised of our Disclaimer .