Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: RE: Coho & LIFESTYLE CHANGES--> Sustainability?

[John Gear (catalyst]

>Finally, although it's true that many things which make ones life more 
>sustainable require time, most of what is needed is to consume less stuff.  
>I realise this is not something one is supposed to say in polite company - 
>it's better to pretend that if we only recycle and don't throw our toxic 
>waste in the garbage can, everything is going to be ok.  This is simply not 
>the case - the lifestyle that ordinary people have in the West is just not 
>sustainable.  It uses too much energy and too much stuff.  We are 
>already changing the !*@!@$$! climate because of how much energy we use - 
>and we are wiping out most of the other species on the planet because of 
>how much land we use.  And what is going to happen as more and more of the 
>rest of the world joins us is completely unclear.  For now most of us 
>are ignoring these issues most of the time (and I am certainly in this class
>too).  We will be able to for a little while longer.

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