I have talked about the corruption in our world quite a bit. I was asked the other day about this for our future in a sustainable society. Simply; we will eliminate corruption at the highest levels. And why? We cannot be sustainable if corruption runs the whole global economic system. Read more…
A continuation of a fictional reflection by a hundred-year-old Esperanza (Espe) from 2112 about the start of the transformation to Sustainable Living. I add clarification links and quotes as needed. “You can argue all day about whether one person not using straws or going vegan makes a global difference. Read more…
Why do we have governments? Not a simple question. Depending on whom you ask you will get a variety of answers. Five of the more common answers are: 1. The government serves the interests of the ruling classes; 2. The government balances the goals and decides the mixture of policies Read more…
In one of my university classes I used to show a picture of people in chains – Slaves. Then I would show a picture of people in cubicles doing their 9-5 drudgery. The difference I explained was that the first picture showed people who knew they were slaves. The second Read more…
Most governments around the world have been offering financial recovery packages to their people following the nearly two years of lockdown and what can only be innocuously termed as the Covid economic crisis. It’s all very noble, trying to help people get back on their feet, but the global economic Read more…