This page addresses the first of four fundamental
consciousness and cultural maladaptations hindering movement toward a
Fair Planet.
We suspect that in the "Haves"
part
of the world, there are
many people who are sympathetic to the message of a Fair Planet. They
do understand that with regard to the pervasive materialism that
characterizes so much of human culture, two changes need to be made -
sooner rather than later:
- In order to
make the resources
of the
planet last, we, as a species and global culture, need to consume less
energy in absolute terms, and specifically of the non-renewable types
of energy sources. This will make the planet more fair - Beautiful and
livable.
- The actual per capita
consumption levels of energy and things need to be made more equitable,
that is the
range of lowest-to-highest use must be contracted through transfers of
a portion of actual available energy resources (including food, water
and shelter)
from the wealthiest to the poorest. This will make the planet more fair
- Just and livable.
(Now
here is a key point to
which we will return - both of these
processes must proceed simultaneously and be mutually intertwined).
However, we theorize that the reason the sympathizers do not act more
overtly and effectively in the above directions is that they have
doubts about the present political, cultural, scientific and religious
institutions' capabilities and trustworthiness.
And
with good
reason. After all, it is these very institutions that - for a slew of
reasons - have failed, so far, to move the humanity substantially
toward the goal of a Fair Planet. This is not to say that no progress
has been made at all since the first Industrial and first
Post-Industrial global Paradigm Shifts. It is instead an acknowledgment
that progress has come as a result of brave individuals and tenacious
sub-cultures efforts in challenging the established institutions and
transforming them from within and without.
