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Geoffrey Deihl's avatar

Excellent essay, Justin, rational and logical. People need to understand there is an alternative to this unsustainable system that spawned from the first enlightenment, which only resulted in better lives for a small minority, and has made slaves of and killed others. Now in its death throes, fossil fuels threaten our immediate future, and the build out of renewables will be a failure without reducing our lifestyles. This essay ties well into the concept of degrowth. Truly, we must embrace our responsibility to care take the Earth and embrace much of the thinking of indigenous cultures if there is to be a future. I would like to share this essay which considers in a real way what living in harmony with the natural world looks like compared to dominating and monetizing it. It draws on the earliest settlers in America and the Wampanoag natives. https://geoffreydeihl.substack.com/p/imagine-an-earth-first-policy

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Kathy Leathers's avatar

Excellent vision for the future! Thoroughly explained and yet concise. Thank you for sharing this.

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