Description: Taking care of the Earth
Taking care of the Earth
In an earlier post a description was given of a new ecologically-oriented economic system being built in response to the climate and ecological emergencies . The new economy is described as being constructed largely through two decades of transformation (the 2020’s and 2030’s).
The climate emergency and the ecological emergency are intertwined, with impacts occuring much on the same short timescales. By way of example, w e all depend upon the oceans for our survival, but the oceans are dying as a consequence of aquatic environmental pollution from toxic chemicals, such as herbicides, pesticides, oxybenzone, PCBs, PBDE, PFOS, DBT, and plastic. According to a paper by the Goes Foundation :