Who’s Kidding Whom? Is Sustainable Development Compatible With Western Civilization? By Peter Russell

Who’s Kidding Whom? Is Sustainable Development Compatible With Western Civilization? By Peter Russell

It’s our current mode of consciousness that is unsustainable. It leads to short-term needs that are intrinsically incompatible with the long-term needs of future generations. This is the underlying reason why current business practices, economies and societies are unsustainable. If we are to develop truly sustainable policies we must change not only our behavior but the mode of consciousness that underlies them.