Peter, I love the new approach. I think we need to use all avenues we can think of to get it widely discussed. Happily, it's an attractive idea and , for the sceptic, (only) a new idea, hence non-confrontional. It's like Nate Hagen's the great simplification approach.
I think the concept is brilliant, but how to convince leaders of our divided world to act in harmony which will realise the dream is the highest hurdle to jump. I believe the most constructive approach would be to listen and learn from the indigenous peoples of all countries first. I offer my home country Australia as a beacon of failure in most cases. The Australian Aboriginal First Nation populated the country tens of thousands of years ago, only took what they needed and left enough to regenerate for future use. Around 250 years ago, foreign settlers arrived, stole most of the land which was then farmed in ways alien and totally out of sync with the natural order of Antipodean suitability. Australia now has the world’s worst species extinction rate, has for decades been mined, chopped down, and repurposed as sheep and cattle stations, having introduced these from around the world, further adding to the diminishing resources, natural and mineral. It also has the highest concentration of wild camels in the world, purely because no one has bothered to eliminate the redundant transport legacy.
I have two questions to ask.
Who should we see as the most “advanced” people in this situation? Surely those who leave the lightest footprint?
Who, given that this scenario has been played out across the entire world for decades, do we think can be considered as willing, capable and understanding enough to make the first approach to this concept? The colonist/invader/ superior race mentality is still alive and well,(if that’s the appropriate description),in many countries, so it will take a quantum leap in terms of understanding how the world works and all humanity’s part in it.
We live in an overpopulated, diminishing resource dependent global environment. I wish, for the sake of us all that some consensus can be reached before it’s too late.
I admire the effort and commitment to the work which has been done by the team already and wish you all every success.
Peter I think congratulations are in order!! This POC could be one of the critical "nudges" we need to pivot the collective human mind toward realising a more sustainable future. An amazing piece of work!
This looks brilliant. Measurement is all. One key problem is fact-avoidance and misinformation - in itself an epidemic as the latest IPIE report suggests. Anxiety is an important part of the realistic response to the situation we are in, and I think it is wrong to try and sidestep it. If you are avoiding anxiety, then you are generally avoiding the action that counts - based on these metrics, applying pressure to policymakers and corporations to make the vital and urgent changes we need. For plenty of people the continued demand for economic growth is itself a source of profound anxiety. I am sure the article would answer these questions but unfortunately it is paywalled....
What a good, positive and ambitious proposal!!
Such a great idea - I love it!!
Timely and, dare I say this, a catchy and attractive venture. All the best, John.
Peter, I love the new approach. I think we need to use all avenues we can think of to get it widely discussed. Happily, it's an attractive idea and , for the sceptic, (only) a new idea, hence non-confrontional. It's like Nate Hagen's the great simplification approach.
I think the concept is brilliant, but how to convince leaders of our divided world to act in harmony which will realise the dream is the highest hurdle to jump. I believe the most constructive approach would be to listen and learn from the indigenous peoples of all countries first. I offer my home country Australia as a beacon of failure in most cases. The Australian Aboriginal First Nation populated the country tens of thousands of years ago, only took what they needed and left enough to regenerate for future use. Around 250 years ago, foreign settlers arrived, stole most of the land which was then farmed in ways alien and totally out of sync with the natural order of Antipodean suitability. Australia now has the world’s worst species extinction rate, has for decades been mined, chopped down, and repurposed as sheep and cattle stations, having introduced these from around the world, further adding to the diminishing resources, natural and mineral. It also has the highest concentration of wild camels in the world, purely because no one has bothered to eliminate the redundant transport legacy.
I have two questions to ask.
Who should we see as the most “advanced” people in this situation? Surely those who leave the lightest footprint?
Who, given that this scenario has been played out across the entire world for decades, do we think can be considered as willing, capable and understanding enough to make the first approach to this concept? The colonist/invader/ superior race mentality is still alive and well,(if that’s the appropriate description),in many countries, so it will take a quantum leap in terms of understanding how the world works and all humanity’s part in it.
We live in an overpopulated, diminishing resource dependent global environment. I wish, for the sake of us all that some consensus can be reached before it’s too late.
I admire the effort and commitment to the work which has been done by the team already and wish you all every success.
Peter I think congratulations are in order!! This POC could be one of the critical "nudges" we need to pivot the collective human mind toward realising a more sustainable future. An amazing piece of work!
This looks brilliant. Measurement is all. One key problem is fact-avoidance and misinformation - in itself an epidemic as the latest IPIE report suggests. Anxiety is an important part of the realistic response to the situation we are in, and I think it is wrong to try and sidestep it. If you are avoiding anxiety, then you are generally avoiding the action that counts - based on these metrics, applying pressure to policymakers and corporations to make the vital and urgent changes we need. For plenty of people the continued demand for economic growth is itself a source of profound anxiety. I am sure the article would answer these questions but unfortunately it is paywalled....