Earth's resources consumed in ever greater destructive volumes |
There are new and improved ways to think about and deal with this. All we need to do is change almost(?) everything for almost(?) everyone one. Try not to think about doughnut economics, just try. Remember, don't think about doughnut economics as shown.
The Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries (2017) |
And all of these changes need to occur at a global scale. To help us think about how to go about fixing things, there are 17 global sustainable development goals. NO, they don't require us to become homeless beggars and wear sackcloth and ashes nor turn us into mindless communist nor socialist drones.
17 goals to transform our world |
Once the World Was Perfect
By Joy Harjo
Once the world was perfect, and we were happy in that world.Then we took it for granted.Discontent began a small rumble in the earthly mind.Then Doubt pushed through with its spiked head.And once Doubt ruptured the web,All manner of demon thoughtsJumped through—We destroyed the world we had been givenFor inspiration, for life—Each stone of jealousy, each stoneOf fear, greed, envy, and hatred, put out the light.No one was without a stone in his or her hand.There we were,Right back where we had started.We were bumping into each otherIn the dark.And now we had no place to live, since we didn't knowHow to live with each other.Then one of the stumbling ones took pity on anotherAnd shared a blanket.A spark of kindness made a light.The light made an opening in the darkness.Everyone worked together to make a ladder.A Wind Clan person climbed out first into the next world,And then the other clans, the children of those clans, their children,And their children, all the way through time—To now, into this morning light to you.
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