We live in a time of remarkable and enormous change. We also live in a time when the balance between human needs, and the resources available to meet these, is Taihape Area School becoming more and more precarious. The skyrocketing cost of petrol is the tip of Monday 27th August, 2012 the iceberg in many respects, but is an example of an essential resource becoming Term 3 Newsletter Number 7 scarcer, with its availability governed by the age old economic doctrine of supply and Phone: 06 388 0130 demand – as supply decreases, price Email:
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[email protected] Website: http://tas.spikeatschool.co.nz With the current rate of human consumption of resources, as well as the rapid destruction Tena koutou katoa of the natural environment, the future of the world as we know it is questionable. The Welcome back to another week. Another deep sea bottom trawling practiced by Asian busy few days ahead with the Year 4-8 Fisheries is a graphic example of the rape Winter Sports Tournament scheduled for and pillage of an essential natural resource. Thursday. We are entering a particularly If this continues, the future of fishing is busy period with the New Zealand grim. Secondary Schools Tournament Week next week, and Practice Examinations the Without doubt our children, and in turn their following week. children, face a massive challenge to ensure their place in the world, and the I always make a point of sustainability of our way of life. New watching the television news Zealand is isolated from many of the each evening – sometimes disasters that plague much of the planet, but with school commitments this even here, damage to the environment is isn’t always possible, but I becoming more and more obvious.