Our Moral Dilemma: Because We Don’t Live on an Inflatable Earth

It seems that as long as western society continues to function sufficiently for us in the north to retain some degree of comfort, the needed determination will never quite arrive. Thirty years of Permaculture activity are a case in point. We live with one foot in our feel-good gardens, the other in the supermarket. On the one hand we’re feebly preparing for the future, with the other we’re bringing it upon ourselves much sooner than we otherwise might. We still live as if we’re standing on an inflatable planet, continually postponing the systemic change that needs to occur.

Alternatives to Political Systems, Consumerism, Economics, Global Dimming, Global Warming/Climate Change, Society — by Craig Mackintosh