Is Sustainability a Lie?

While ‘sustainability’ might be everyones favourite buzzword, what does it really mean? In this episode we investigate the origins of the sustainable movement and question what the future holds.

Guests: Sarah Ichioka, urbanist and author, Rob Hopkins, author, activist & founder of the Transition Movement and Daniel Christian Wahl, author and educator in Regenerative Development.

[shre]

It's funny how for centuries we've been trying to move 'forward' only to go back to rectify all the horrible things we did along the way

[StephenLeGresley]

In order to achieve a society that would be defined as "sustainable" we would have to drastically overhaul our current systems both from a societal perspective and especially from an economic one.

Our environment is collapsing, our society is destabilizing and even our economy is becoming more and more unstable. The way we've been living for the last century is unsustainable, we use almost double the amount of resources the planet can produce and we still pollute far beyond the planets capability to endure. Our economy is pyramid scheme built on exploitation and greed.

So finding a sustainable model for society is key the planets survival and by extension our own.

[thinklikeatree]

Great video, this is the message that everyone should hear and is the focus of my work. So clearly explained - more videos with the solutions please!

[gamingtonight]

Thank you - being leaving comments like this for 2 years!

[janecull]

As a consultant on change and author of The Circularity of Life, An Essential Shift for Sustainability, this video speak to what needs to happen. At the core of it lies our perception, to see ourselves, our societies, cultures and economies through a new lens - we are nature, we are not separate from that. Instead we are interconnected and interdependent with it. The web of life sustains us and indeed all ecosystems. We therefore cannot keep degrading and destroying the very thing that sustains us and all life. We have to sustain the web of life which means regenerating and restoring. We need to move to life sustaining practices.

[ThePlantParadigm]

I think there is a huge opportunity to use the technology we have now and the tech that’s yet to be invented to truly live in a much closer relationship to nature while still curbing climate change!

[doriron]

Nice video.
Subtitles in a few languages would make it easier to share.

[DarkJonas]

Sustainable means you can do something indefinitely. Therefore "green" technology is not sustainable as it requires non renewable resources that have limited recycling ability.

[sissisfranz]

What happened to the views? How come that there are so many subscribers but so little views

[driftlesshermit]

Sustainable development is an oxymoron. Where does human population fit in ?

[patrickcollins]

Ever heard the story of the boy who cried wolf?

[nxdal]

No. It's not a lie. Is reality a lie? No, it's real.