Our society has lost its sense of relationship to the natural world in a relentless pursuit of consumption that leaves a toxic trail of waste.
So how do we undertake a societal detox?
One that takes us beyond the excess, artificiality and cult of speed that have come to define us.
Where to start?
The good news is that there is a low hanging fruit.
We have a great opportunity to reduce harming the planet by reducing self-harm.
We may be in luck.
The convergence of certain forces point to an ineluctable need to reduce our footprint over the next decades.
We will struggle to continue hitting the metabolic growth of our systems when flirting with peak fossil energy & materials.
The Geopolictics of the 'green transition' materials creates new dependences, which it would be smart to lessen.
The concurrent health and mental health epidemics are piling pressure on an already fragilised health systems.
Whether officially or not in a recession, households are entering a recessionary mindset that transforms purchase patterns.