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Whatever Happened to Ecology?
Post Carbon Fellow Bill McKibben was interviewed for this piece 'Fear of a Hot Planet' in The Walrus Magazine.
From the article:
The second half of Eaarth is about ways of dealing with the changed planet that we live on and will live on. You specify the five adjectives that you think need to define our future: durable, sturdy, stable, hardy, and robust. Why those words?
Because I want to get away from the focus on growth that’s always been our mantra. I think we’re ready for a focus on hunkering down instead of ever expanding.
But as population expands, don’t economies have to grow to accommodate it?
Perhaps, but population [growth] is slowing down enormously. We used to think population was going to double and double and double again. Thirty years ago, the average woman had six children; now it’s about 2.7 and falling fast. Most of the growth that’s occurring is happening in places that use so few resources that it’s not a huge problem. The problem for climate is consumption. Endless, increasing consumption.
Which will be curbed by?
One hopes it will be curbed by our own decision making.
And not a cataclysmic event.
Those strike me as the two choices.
What are the greatest obstacles to immediate, collective action on climate change?
Vested interest and inertia.
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