It’s is a simple prescription, but in practice, we try to make it work the other way around
Last week, I suggested that the bad decisions that government and corporate leaders are making, in the face of growing evidence of ecological decline and potential collapse, are rooted in a set of societal values that are unfit for purpose in the 21st century.
Clearly, I needed a piece of scripture on which to base my homily. But not being a theist, I had no sacred text to turn to. Indeed, it is a simple but profound prescription for how we should organize our societies, communities and economies. But in practice, driven by a set of distorted values, we try to make it work the other way around.
These three realms are congruent with what the Great Transition Initiative calls “the conventional triad of individualism, consumerism, and domination of nature” that lies at the root of our current global and local crises. Every human we know of, except for the 10 currently on the International Space Station, lives on Earth — all 8+ billion of us. Every human there has ever been, and every member of every species there is or has ever been, lives or lived on Earth.
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