Even without the 97% of scientists saying with 95% certaintity that we are the cause of climate change the idea that treating the earth like a cesspit comes cost free is, to use a phrase of Dr. Johnsons, one of "unresisting imbecility".
Keeping the planet habitable, treating our home with reverence and respect should be completely natural. Contemporary economics should be about the well being of the earth and all living beings - not about the abstract concept called "money".
It's summed up by Alanis Obomsawin, an Abenaki from the Odanak reserve, northeast of Montreal - a quote that applies equally to us:
"Canada, the most affluent of countries, operates on a depletion economy which leaves destruction in its wake. Your people are driven by a terrible sense of deficiency. When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money."
Even without the 97% of scientists saying with 95% certaintity that we are the cause of climate change the idea that treating the earth like a cesspit comes cost free is, to use a phrase of Dr. Johnsons, one of "unresisting imbecility".
Keeping the planet habitable, treating our home with reverence and respect should be completely natural. Contemporary economics should be about the well being of the earth and all living beings - not about the abstract concept called "money".
It's summed up by Alanis Obomsawin, an Abenaki from the Odanak reserve, northeast of Montreal - a quote that applies equally to us:
"Canada, the most affluent of countries, operates on a depletion economy which leaves destruction in its wake. Your people are driven by a terrible sense of deficiency. When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can’t eat money."