Cathwor 7 Global Priority & Social Capital

1. Catholicism in the Modern World's Problems and Challenges

2. Global Priority

3. Global Priority Military spending in the world Cigarettes in Europe Cosmetics in the United States Basic health and nutrition Water and sanitation for all Basic education $U.S. Billions - 780 - 50 - 8 - 13 - 9 - 6

4. Financial resources that should be better spent on Social Capital...

5. are spent on products of dubious value and little social return.

6. Social Capital?

7. Social capital refers to the organizations, structures and social relations

8. which people build up themselves, independently of the state or large corporations.

9. e.g., education, nutrition, housing etc.

10. community cohesion, connectedness, reciprocity, tolerance, compassion, patience, forbearance, fellowship, love,...

11. commonly accepted standards of honesty, discipline and ethics, and commonly shared rules, laws, and information.

12. Consumerism can weaken Social Capital to the extent it promotes competition and individualism over cooperation and community.

13. (Sources: http://www.verdant.net/society.htm) http://www.sfu.ca/cscd/publications/tsc/Chapter_1.pdf)

14. Competition and Individualism vs. Cooperation and Community.

15. People are "convinced that their self worth is based on $200 athletic shoes or designer clothing."

16. Wasteful use of Energy

17. "If everyone around the world lived as those in America, we would need five planets to support us,"

18. -Director General James Leape The WWF's 2006 Living Planet Report (World Wildlife Fund)

19. "ecological footprint" -- the demand people place on the natural world --

20. was 25 percent greater than the planet's annual ability to provide everything

21. from food to energy and recycle all human waste in 2003.

22. The footprint can be compared with nature’s ability to renew these resources.

24. The footprint can be compared with nature’s ability to renew these resources.

25. "On current projections humanity, will be using two planets

26. that means two earths' worth of natural resources by 2050"

27. (Source:http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061024/ts_nm/environment_wwf_planet_dc)

28. Global Priority?

29. The End