Enough: a worldview for positive futures

Oct 01, 2011 No Comments by

by Anne B. Ryan, from Fleeing Vesuvius.

While the adoption of new technologies is crucial, so too is the need for a new, self-limiting worldview recognising that “enough is plenty”. This philosophy of “enough” is about the optimum — having exactly the right amount and using it gracefully. Adopting such a worldview would nourish a culture of adapted human behaviour in which social justice could prevail and at least some of the Earth’s ecosystems would have the chance to renew themselves.

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Featured image: Morning in Burgundy. Author: ivanmarn. Source: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1241217

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