Yesterday, I suggested that our political system here in the US was broken. Until we fix it, we will not be able to do much for sustainability. Pretty serious stuff. It’s hard to find any humor in all this, but the NYTimes columnist, Gail Collins, managed to do it. Here’s a recent [column](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/02/opinion/02collins.html?ref=gailcollins). Not much to do with sustainability, but if you are close to the same frame of mind I am in, it helps to see some lightness in the news.
Continue ReadingInequality-A Major Obstacle for Sustainabiliity
Sustainability is a property of the whole Earth system. As long as large numbers of people cannot obtain the resources to flourish, we will remain far from sustainability. Economic disparity has long been a concern. The notion of “sustainable development” arose from two sources: 1) knowledge of severe environmental impacts and threats, and 2) huge gaps in wealth between the “North” and the South.” These differences still remain although the two populous economies, China and India, are closing the gap. Often lost in the focus on the “developing” world is the state of the US economy. I recently read an… Read More
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