"Accepting de-growth and planning for reality will generate harmony"
I am afraid this statement sounds a little to dogmatic for my liking and comes across almost as a fundamentalist response to our current modus operandi. Are you really saying that a consensus with this line of thinking with bring about peace and the utopia we all may seek? Cause I substitute a name or two in that sentence it morphs into something completely irrational.
In regards to mineral resource extraction and it’s finite supply, I offer this Macleans article but reserve any comment … http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/04/13/oils … the-shark/
There is something about the entire concept of sustainable de-growth that puts a sliver into my brain that I just can’t put my finger on. It feels like we need to be apologetic for the wonderful advances we have made in the last few generations, such as doubling the life expectancy, increasing our knowledge of the universe and bio-diversity of this planet, all in pursuit of more harmonious cohabitation with the environment. I hope most everyone would favour less harmful or destructive means of survival. I am reminded of those that ‘feel’ they were born in the wrong decade or century and lament over what could have been. I could not myself envision wishing for a life without the modern advances, knowledge we have gained and potential we titter on for a ‘simpler time’ (though probably much harder and shorter). To engage in issues which move us forward is to be applauded but to sit on the shoulders of the countless individuals that created this world and attempt to dismantle their achievements in an effort to reverse the clock on all of us, seems, well, missing the mark. Let us move forward, amending that which we can. I say grow and bloom.
