Close to 40 years ago, at a time when the ozone layer was threatened and revealing ‘holes’ in same, the climate science narratives warned humanity of the huge threat that this situation presented to the survival of humanity and sentient beings.
This very climate layer was essential to all life on the planet. Consequently, this dangerous trigger to all life on Earth alerted humanity to best-practice survival policies.
Indeed, it was during this time a spontaneous Green movement arose in both the cities and regions. Thus we saw ‘ecological sustainability’ become a dominant value in human consciousness.
Activists and civil society rallied socially to this new imperative consciousness.
Not wishing to be left out we also saw the word ‘sustainability’ harnessed by corporate capital.
A very strong consciousness was necessary by activists to alert civil society to be aware of the capitalist narratives that defined ‘sustainability’.
Simply put, ecological sustainability, in terms of consciousness, was sentient/Earth rights orientated while corporate narratives governing the world’s ‘sustainability’ were, and are, capital/power-focused.
The demarcation between the two (ecological sustainability and sustainability) could not be wider!
They are not bedfellows. They are defined by opposing consciousness.
Civil societies are now experiencing the devouring nature of social authoritarianism.
Thus, we hear in all dominant institutions the rise of the word ‘sustainability.’
Seldom do we ever hear the phrase ‘ecological sustainability’.
This creates a very dangerous time for human consciousness – and societies in general. So effective is the corporate spin that residents everywhere are expressing extreme frustration with governing bureaucrats.
Human rights and sentient rights are dismissed in this spin. Furthermore, Sydney-centric government has assumed the ‘big daddy’ role in public policy narratives that govern development on floodplains.
The most dangerous example of ‘corporate sustainability’ ever, floodplains are up to 25 feet deep in waters in the lower layers of Earth, and wetland sites undergoing development. This means that the amount of fill is really a ‘decorative frill’ for development.
Fill enables the spreading of waters nearby.
’Tis the nature of sand. Thus corporate sustainability dismisses the Human Rights Charter which upholds safe housing for all, and overrides any public policy addressing rights and safety.
It condemns future generations to death-defying housing as climate change tragedies mount.
Sinkholes appear everywhere, roads collapse, underground pipes erode, allowing dangerous toxins into the sea.
And so on. Even insurance companies are not willing to play this corporate game by issuing policies.
Civil societies are held captive to venal vision aided by ‘corporate sustainability’ maxims and practices.
But money flows.
Time to uphold the powerful community consciousness of ecological sustainability in these very fraught times, folks.
We all depend upon the bigger picture that aids all life. Green consciousness/government embraces grass roots democracy, aided by same. ’Tis written in the political charter.
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