In this section we discussed about what they understand by Man Made material. Generally kids (even I when I was kid used to) feel that man made materials are available in infinite quantity. They can be consumed as much as we want and they are available in infinity. We started discussing various man made material which we see around. They listed out many. Then we discussed what various man made materials are made up of. Like bench is made up of wood and iron, bag is made up of plastic and cloth etc. After this I asked them, which materials in your opinion are purely man made? They said, Plastic, Glass, Toothpaste, Toothbrush, Chocolates etc. Here we discussed that plastic is made of chemicals which come from Petroleum, Glass is made up of Silicon etc. and all these things are limited on earth. They are not available in infinite quantity.Ultimately we finished the discussion with the conclusion that there is nothing made by man, things which are available in nature are processed by man. Things which we call man made are also available in limited quantity. They are not infinitely available.
Here we also discussed what do they mean by renewable and non-renewable resources. They said resources which can be recycled are renewable. According to them plastic is also renewable. Here I added, plastic is not renewable. It can not be converted back to the raw material with which it is prepared from. Once plastic is created it can not be digested back by the nature, it is non-biodegradable and is a waste to the nature. We throw plastic bags on streets, ponds which causes land, water pollution and when animals eat them they die because their bodies can not digest them.
After this we also discussed that there are 4 orders in nature. Material Order, Plant Order, Animal Order and Human Order. Plant Order is dependent on Material Order, Animal Order is dependent on Plant and Material Order, Human Order is dependent on Animal, Plant and Material Orders. Material, Plant and Animal Orders in nature are already maintaining balance in nature. Material Order is maximum in quantity, then Plant Order, then Material Order and then Human Order. Material, Plant and Animal Orders also maintain balance, they contribute in the cycle which is already there in nature. They do not pollute environment, they do not produce things which can not be digested by nature back. They rather live in mutually fulfilling manner. Plants take nutrients from soil, Plants also increases nutrition value of soil. Animals eat plants, they also spread seeds of plants. Animal excreta gets converted into manure in just 20 days and plants leaves take 6 months to get converted into manure. Animals release CO2 and Plants release Oxygen. These 3 orders, Material, Plants and Animals live in mutually fulfilling manner. They do not disturb cycle in nature.
Now comes the Human Order. Humans have cut the trees, killed the animals, produced various goods in such a manner that we have polluted air, water and land. We trow waste in water, land and air. We have cause hole in ozone layer, we have caused global warming. We kill each other, we cause disharmoney in the system which we have created ourselves and in the system which was already existing. So what should be done about it? In response they said, kill humans and also suggested various methods of killing. In response I asked do you do all these things when you understand the whole nature, your relationships with others or when you do not understand? When we do not understand, they said. So understanding is needed for doing right and living happily in case of humans, right? I asked. To this they all agreed. Cows, Goats, Horses do not go to school to learn how to maintain balance in nature, but humans need this education. Ultimately the conclusion came that we need to understand in order to live happily, fullfill relationships with others and rest of the nature.
After this discussion we discussed the topic “Success and Happiness” and “Difference between and Animals and Humans”. Content related to these topics can be found here,
Success and Happiness.
http://devanshmittal.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/success-has-any-destination/
Difference between Animals and Humans.
http://devanshmittal.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/ham-jaanwar-hain-ya-insaan/
http://devanshmittal.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/animal-and-human/
