We can’t go on living like this

We say we want to save the environment, and to have peace, and to eliminate poverty. And we do – but only until we see what this requires.

The fundamental cause of the big global problems threatening us now is simply over-consumption. The rate at which we in rich countries are using up resources is grossly unsustainable. It


The reductions required are so big that they cannot be achieved within a consumer-capitalist society. Huge and extremely radical change to very systems and culture are necessary.

Several lines of argument lead to this conclusion, but I