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"We’re rapidly decimating the Earth’s forests, animals, insects, fish, fresh
water—even the topsoil we need to grow our crops. We’ve already transgressed
four of the nine planetary boundaries that define humanity’s safe operating
space, and yet global GDP is expected to triple by 2060, with potentially
calamitous consequences. In 2017, more than 15,000 scientists from 184
countries issued an ominous warning to humanity that time is running out: “Soon
it will be too late,” they wrote, “to shift course away from our failing
trajectory.”
We need to forge a new era for humanity—one that is defined, at its deepest
level, by a transformation in the way we make sense of the world, and a
concomitant revolution in our values, goals, and collective behavior. In short,
we need to change the basis of our global civilization. We must move from a
civilization based on wealth accumulation to one that is life-affirming: an
ecological civilization."
Via
libramoon@pluspora.com.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
