We Need an Ecological Civilization Before It’s Too Late

In the face of climate breakdown and ecological overshoot, alluring promises of “green growth” are no more than magical thinking. We need to restructure the fundamentals of our global cultural/economic system to cultivate an “ecological civilization”: one that prioritizes the health of living systems over short-term wealth production.

Reprinted in: EcoWatch | Common Dreams | Resilience | Open Democracy

We’ve now been warned by the world’s leading climate scientists that we have just twelve years to limit…

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