For further information see: “The Law & The Profits vs. Natural Law & The Prophet: Herman Daly & the Future of the Human Prospect,”
as well as:
and
- Discovering Our Place in Space: Can We Survive the Absurdity & Distraction of the “New-Frontiers-in-Space” Race? – Parts 1 & 2
- Drawing the Wrong Conclusions – An Anthropologist Looks at History: Cultural Mistakes Since 1492 – The “Frontier” Metaphor & the Myth of Endless Growth
- VOX – Voices from Oxford: Tim Weiskel – Advice to Young People: Environmental Sustainability
- Ignorance + Arrogance = Overshoot == Collapse: The Accelerated Collapse of a Non-Renewable Civilization
- The Big Myth of Market Fundamentalism
- “…Just take the case of agriculture…”
as well as:
and
The current global circumstance for humankind is quite grave. This is widely recognized by every adult who has not succumbed to the wishful thinking of the fossil fuel lobbies around the world. These lobbies have captured all industries and effectively purchased all elected government officials by providing them with the mythical ideology of perpetual growth on our finite planet.
While the notion of unrestrained expansion in a finite ecosystem is patently absurd to any school-child, the mindset of growth economics and fundamental affirmation of belief in “growthism” has become the functional equivalent of a universal secular religion transcending all continents, cultures, languages and prior religious traditions. The near-universal acceptance and the militant expansion of growthism has led humankind to the brink of collective suicide. Consider, for example, the news recently broadcast to the entire English-speaking world by the BBC — “…the Radio Station to the World”
The UN’s International Panel on Climate Change says the world is on the brink of irrevocable damage, with global warming above 1.5 degrees Celsius now certain without drastic action. Also in the programme; a senior US figure involved in the invasion of Iraq expresses regret for his government’s poor planning. And an iconic Indian cola brand attempts a comeback.
(Picture: File image of a power station. Credit: Getty Creative)
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In this regard, the entire world now needs to transcend the legacies of multiple colonial experiments engendered in an accelerated manner since 1492:
- Overcoming the Multiple Legacies of European Colonialism: Can The West Survive Its Most Cherished Historical Myths? – Part 1 & 2
and - Transcending the Institutions We Inherit and Create: Climate Change and System Change in the Anthropocene
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