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Unsustainable Sustainability
Jul. 16th, 2012 12:04 amDittmar’s Talk
Michael Dittmar, a physicist, environmentalist, and the president of CERN discussion club “ConCERNed for Humanity”, recently gave a talk “After the RIO+ 20: disaster reflections about the unavoidable transition to a sustainable way of life.” In his talk he “quantifies how unsustainable our current society and its development really is”, concluding “that the end of cheap energy will likely mark the beginning of the process which brings our industrialized cultures to their knees”, and suggesting “different theoretical and real options for the coming years and decades.” The talk appeals “to learn (and practice) how to live less and less unsustainably and how to enjoy this, to contribute to the defense, conservation and enlargement of the remaining biodiversity and small scale human cultures.” As a “most important point”, the speaker calls “to act for a world without weapons of mass destruction now.” The author foresees that “during or after the unavoidable collapse, basically two social options remain: feudal-like/mafia-like larger scale societies with unsustainable pseudo stable conditions, and small scale egalitarian societies, surrounded by a growing biological and cultural diversity.” Below I am suggesting my reflection on dominant environmentalist appeals in general and this talk in particular.
Michael Dittmar, a physicist, environmentalist, and the president of CERN discussion club “ConCERNed for Humanity”, recently gave a talk “After the RIO+ 20: disaster reflections about the unavoidable transition to a sustainable way of life.” In his talk he “quantifies how unsustainable our current society and its development really is”, concluding “that the end of cheap energy will likely mark the beginning of the process which brings our industrialized cultures to their knees”, and suggesting “different theoretical and real options for the coming years and decades.” The talk appeals “to learn (and practice) how to live less and less unsustainably and how to enjoy this, to contribute to the defense, conservation and enlargement of the remaining biodiversity and small scale human cultures.” As a “most important point”, the speaker calls “to act for a world without weapons of mass destruction now.” The author foresees that “during or after the unavoidable collapse, basically two social options remain: feudal-like/mafia-like larger scale societies with unsustainable pseudo stable conditions, and small scale egalitarian societies, surrounded by a growing biological and cultural diversity.” Below I am suggesting my reflection on dominant environmentalist appeals in general and this talk in particular.
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