‘Green growth’ doesn’t exist – less of everything is the only way to avert catastrophe | George Monbiot
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It is simply not possible to carry on at the current level of economic activity without destroying the environment, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
  • @N0b3d
    0•3 years ago

    Monbiot was born to a Tory politician father and a daughter of a Tory politician mother in Kensington (one of the wealthiest areas of one of the most expensive cities in the world, London) sent to a private (i.e. fee-paying) school, went on to study at Oxford University and lives in one of the richest countries in the world. That level of privilege makes it pretty easy for him not to consume more, but rather more difficult for the population of, say, sub-saharan Africa who’d quite like to get through the day without starving to death thank you very much.

    (As you may gather, I don’t have a lot of time for GM.)

    • @Nasst
      5•3 years ago

      Lack of growth isn’t the reason people in sub-saharan Africa (or anywhere else) starve. We produce more than enough for everyone, globally. It’s a distribution issue.