‘ON THE EDGE OF A CLIFF ONE STEP BACK IS NOT A BAD ADVICE’
Often people are ready to change because of their concern about the future of
their children - and that’s good. Though shifting to sustainable solutions is not
only about meeting the needs of future generations, it’s very much also about
making a fair share of resources possible in the present moment.
The
modern
lifestyle
is
dominated by a high level of
materialistic consumption and
it’s only being possible on
behalf of the big population
who don’t have access to
economic
and
political
power.
At the same time I personally know that most people living the “modern
dream” are very nice and well-meaning people, peaceful consumers. A problem
is that it is difficult to figure out who is pulling the strings in the system and
that the subject is not as popular as family, fashion and football. Meanwhile it
doesn’t demand a university degree to see that our current economic system
based on debt and continuous growth is bad math on a finite planet.
Nonetheless the system is taken very serious by people in powerful positions
while those with alternative ideas are not given mainstream attention. An
example is when Charles Eisenstein came to Denmark last year to speak
about Gift economy.
The event took place in Copenhagen Business School and despite a
professional press invitation, the only journalist at the event showed
up on her own initiative.
Just six days after there was a big demonstration against GMO and Monsanto,
again the Danish press was invited but stayed silent.
For me it was a wake up call that more than 2
million people in over 50 countries demonstrated on
the same date and it did NOT become breaking
news, only in alternative media and on Facebook.
Jairo Restrepo, a pioneer of organic agriculture, holding a sign “Monsanto
out of Latin America”
Please JOIN: www.march-against-monsanto.com
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