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Page THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday March 22 Each person must accept responsibility By JIM HOLLINGWORTII As my psyche rests in the rub ble of the Persian Gulf War I ask myself the perennial question Who am I and what am I doing here There is probably no simple answer but I suspect that a key ingredient to the answer lies in the study of evolution A study of who has amassed vast amounts of material wealth but one who has learned to live in harmony with nature taking as little as is necessary from the natural world and who in return is thankful and feels blessed As individuals and societies change politicians will have little choice but to develop ecologically evolution which goes beyond the commonly understood and Darwinian concept of the evolution of species A study which includes the evolution of awareness responsibility and ecological values at a personal societal political industrial and military level At a personal level we have to evaluate our responsibility for environmental damage Each time we make a purchase or choose a lifestyle we need to assess the impact that this will have on the environment We can no longer make personal choices based on dollar costs alone If we are to evolve we will have to con ecological costs We will have to understand that our long- term evolution and well being is more dependent on ecology than on any man made economy As individuals change and corporate sound sustainable ecological values in their decisionmaking process so society will change or society is nothing more than a collection of individuals Soaety will become intolerant of those politicians institutions and in dustnes which disregard the en vironment The successful per son of the future will not be one sound policies As recent history has shown in Europe eventually the mightiest of governments have to respond to and ultimately represent the wishes of the people they serve Two years ago who would have thought that the power of ordinary people could have toppled the hardline com munist regimes in Europe Our evolution now demands that governments of the future must insist on ecologically wise policies and practices It is the mandate of ordinary people to make sure that this happens Industries in turn will have to respond to demanding ecologically viable industrial practices Industry is dependent upon ordinary people to buy its products to work in its factories and to invest its stocks and shares Individuals have already started to make ecological demands on industry There have been some early promising responses This process of change must accelerate for our human evolution to be guaranteed It is time for each of us to develop our ecologically aware Ralph Nader like per Mnahty HRPPYEHSTER LADIES with the purchase of ROYAL ROBBINS SHORTS RECEIVE A Royal Robblns Shirt FREE HANES BEEFY MY GENEOVTION 115 MAIN ST SOUTH DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN 8732851 OFFICE pm Saturday MAGIC Stationery Furniture Office Supplies IN STOCK CHAIRS onwn5 i 13350 Beg ass i Rao M Ton CHHR COMBO 136 GUELPH ST GEORGETOWN FAX 8772300 Super Lube COMPLETE FAST MINUTE OIL CHANGE CAR CLEANING 8779394 iWhniw Armstrong ave jjmMh