Were you born into a lifestyle in harmony and equilibrium with your environment? It’s unlikely that you were, whatever your background. Most of us were already being unsustainable before we could spell it. Think about that for a minute: You have never experienced a sustainable lifestyle. Very few people still alive today have. None of […]
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The Sustainability Misjudgements We're Programmed to Make – Part 2
Continued from The Sustainability Misjudgements We’re Programmed to Make – Part 1 5. Herd Mentality Herd mentality is the tendency to adopt the opinions and follow the behaviors of the majority to feel safer and to avoid conflict. I’m going to explore this one in more detail later: personally I think that herd mentality is […]
The Sustainability Misjudgements We're Programmed to Make – Part 1
I am constantly inspired and enthralled by the ingenuity, compassion and creativity of the people around me. For upright, naked apes we’ve come an awfully long way. Our collective model of the universe (our knowledge) spans orders of magnitude and scales which our minds can only barely imagine, let alone experience. Our technology is profoundly […]