Ecology
Until we start applying some logic into ecological to resolve the world’s interconnected crises, we’ll never be able to remove the stain in sustainable. That stain is the legacy of the everyone-for-themselves system that has been in place unquestioned for thousands of years and is at the core of the environmental dilemma.
We need to realize that the everyone-for-themselves socio-economic-political paradigm is a broken system that is not only exceedingly wasteful and absurdly inefficient, but has also done much harm not only to nature but also to the quality of life for humans.
It seems like the Green Movement is dedicating itself to just creating Band-Aids for a broken system. If we replaced the everyone-for-themselves system with one based of the Highest Good For All Life, we could do a universe more for ecology than what we’re doing now by trying to green the current system, and we could do this by investing in a Highest Good model just one one-millionth of the resources currently being spent on the Band-Aid approach.
The way we live together and relate together in Community is the basic building block needed to change the planet. Help us manifest a Community model based on the Highest Good For All that can transform our world. Let’s put the logic into ecological.
Jack Reed
Tags: ecology, sustainable
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March 22nd, 2012 at 7:00 pm
There are some small things a person can do to be more eco-friendly such as dealing with stinkbugs without using pesticides or organic lawncare. I think it still counts.
However, it is true that it is hard to be truly ecological when the economy relies on the concept of endless material growth…In other words, a manufactured product that pollutes less as a single entity can become wasteful when more of it is produced than realistically necessary. This is the problem when materials are produced to make enough money in comparison to producing materials to meet needs.
Moreover, the sacrifices made to make one slight ecological improvement in the current political and economic system are too many, especially since that slight improvement can be brought down at any moment.
There is a need for an economic system where humanity, society and ecology are the main pillars. I want people, businesses and governments to determine the impacts of their actions on a personal level, on a social level and on an ecological level.
I agree that I think in a different economic framework, companies would be more enthusiastic to change their habits instead of resisting new ways of doing things. Personal habits will still have to change though, even in a different economy, people need to be less hesitant to make the first step in changing their habits for the better.