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Welcome to "envocare" ®. Based in the UK, it is:
the information site that promotes care of the environment.

It's not only the UK which displays lack of integrity but since that is where we live let's talk about it. During the last few years there has been an abundance of evidence highlighting the selfishness and greed of individuals which work against the common good. Bit of a cliche isn't it, 'the common good'? However, where it is ignored the end result is that a minority benefit at the expense of the majority and invariably the whole of our environment is made much worse.
The obvious example which springs to mind is the base greed which some of the bankers displayed. The country is now facing a crippling debt which reduces our ability to act positively and humanely to maintain a decent quality of life especially for those in most need. The fact that the same clique are still at it, feathering their nests, makes it even worse. What we can do about it is simply to make our feelings known openly and publicly. Not much of a deterrent, you might say, but if enough people did this maybe the approbation would have some effect. In fact the example of the financial ramifications has penetrated the public conscience sufficiently that there has been a strong reaction which is hard for the culprits to ignore.
Many politicians and their associated manipulators are just as guilty of self protection at the expense of the governed majority. Here the dissembling, call it lying, is so obvious that the majority of us now have little faith in our putative leaders. The political classes have been exposed in obvious ways such as the expenses scandals that they now receive little honest support and their claim to be role models is pathetic except perhaps to the criminal fraternity. But that is not all. Almost every time we witness politicians being interviewed it is plain that most have no intention of being objective but machinate to protect their personal ends. The obvious example is that of Tony Blair. Teflon Tony is regarded by many as a war criminal and will use any circuitous argument to protect his standing and personal wealth. Unbelievable that he should be allowed to get away with it even with the protection of his coterie of influential acolytes. Not to mention physical bodyguards.
Coming down the food chain we see two opposing groups, both bad: the destructive climate-change deniers and the dishonest scientists. The recent revelations concerning such groups are evidenced in the University of East Anglia. It is not surprising that there are anti global-warming sceptics with their agendas for personal profit but worse, in our opinion, is the self-preserving, dishonest manipulations of researchers who by definition should be objective beyond reproach. It is clear now that they are not. Unfortunately by their completely selfish acts these groups have acted in unison to discredit the theories on climate change. Together, due to lack of integrity, they are contributing to an unhealthy environment. Great shame!
Finally we should not forget ourselves; our integrity is not beyond question. It is possible that there is a better mix of honesty amongst the masses even if that is because we have less to gain by being devious and maybe we are less driven. Nevertheless we could do more in the way of energy conservation and recycle more so reducing our contributions to the landfill problem. The paradox is that if we tried just a little harder we could be better off. For example cut out unnecessary car journeys and save money; install better insulation and turn the thermostat down half a degree and save money; put more of our waste into the recycling bins and with a little extra effort we would save money on local taxes and perhaps keep that toxic incinerator away from our backdoor. If we acted with these motivations we believe that our environment would be healthier and our integrity could still stay intact.