Open a newspaper today or switch on your TV and you will hear one report after another of terrorist threats, global warming, growing economic disparity and corruption, the depletion of natural resources at a rate completely out of proportion to anything in our past. Each of these disparate and complex situations seems to demand a unique solution. In most cases, still out of our grasp. But they can also be seen collectively as a mindset that is now dying: one that simply cannot continue because it is unsustainable. Every single indicator of the health of this planet continues to decline. Perhaps the death of environmentalism is the tragically narrow view most environmentalists have of their work. By defining the environment as something out there to be protected, we set up a dualism that separates human beings from nature. In focusing on narrow, technological, regulatory and legislative fixes we fail to address the depth and breath of the problems at hand. Our environmental movements need to provide a positive
vision that appeals to our aspirational nature as human beings........... ......................................read more
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