To inspire and promote social, economic and ecological sustainability in - and beyond - the Niagara Region!
We have a really huge problem!
When I say 'we', I mean society in general. The proclaimed 'problem' central to my contemplations is our common disconnect.
Actually, we share many disconnects, their effects of which will bear heaviest on those from which we are totally disconnected; our future generations. Tragically that disconnect is rooted in the many ways we, as individuals within a collective, are disconnected from various aspects of our own societies. Therefore, we have a multitude of problems. Tied in together these problems create an urgent need for societal change.
Ancient Iroquois wisdom once guided each generation to consider their seventh generation in everything they did. Depending on which time frame is used to determine the span of a single generation, we are the sixth, or seventh generation of the early founders of the second industrial revolution (1870s). At this critical junction in time, we are moving through a defining pivotal point in history. The legacies left to us by our preceding bloodlines, sustained further by surviving generations, include critically crippled social, economic and ecological systems. In hindsight, the disconnect of previous generations to our own should seem obvious. Iroquoian wisdom was never applied for our sake. In foresight, our sustained disconnect from generations yet to come condemns them to certain increased social, economic and environmental hardships. More so should we fail to earnestly address the socioeconomical disconnects within our current societies.
Barely has the international sustainability¶§ movement begun, and a most provocative realization is stimulating some rather intriguing, multifaceted solutions. People are beginning to ask, "What is it that needs to be sustained, given the social, economic and environmental threats to our communities, and residents?" ~ Do We Need Nature? by Bernie Slepkov
While in the midst of compiling and writing "For Legacies' Sake", I ran across 'A questionnaire on collapse' hosted by Portland Peak Oil. This must read should give every reader very serious pause for thought about the legacies we are leaving behind for our (grand)children!
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While in the midst of compiling and writing "For Legacies' Sake", I ran across 'A questionnaire on collapse' hosted by Portland Peak Oil. This must read should give every reader very serious pause for thought about the legacies we are leaving behind for our (grand)children!
