Current Issues
Sustainability 101
By David J. Hawke Draft v3: 14 October 2021
Sustainable development: development which meets the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (WCED, 1987).
Connect the Dots
Our society faces myriad long-term environmental, social and economic problems.
Although the mainstream media do recognize that many of them exist, they never discuss their fundamental causes and consequently, we continue to drift in an information vacuum as these problems progressively worsen.
Coronavirus and a Sustainable Society
How will the Covid-19 pandemic make us a more sustainable society? By making us more aware of the larger biophysical issues like climate change and environmental decline and how completely unprepared we are to tackle them.
Our article linked here on the EuroNews site illustrates the changes we have to make to better adapt to our dynamic planet rather than attempting to force the planet to adapt to humanity.
Because of Covid-19, Governments Get Real
Until this past year, “models”, “ranges” and “worst-case” were terms previously absent from political speeches. Along with these new terms, the pandemic has brought a new type of advisor to daises of leaders worldwide.
The Pandemic Drives the Dawn of a New Enlightenment
From the time of the 1600s and before, people prayed harder, self-flagellated and burned witches to appease an obviously very angry God for extreme weather, war, famine, and other now explainable phenomena.
Planet of the Humans Hurts Almost as Much as It Helps
The pandemic has shown that humans can manage to have an adult conversation about an immediate threat. But we now need to apply our new skill to the vastly greater threat of climate change.
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