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To:
letters@independent.co.uk |
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Dear
Sir/Madam,
The fact that
you filled
today's front
page with the
article, "How
Europe is
choking itself
- and the
world"
shows that you
give the
matter the
importance and
priority it
deserves.
The problem of
achieving
sustainability
on our finite
and vulnerable
planet, with
its billions
of insatiable
human beings
(notwithstanding
than most
still live in
relative or
absolute
poverty),
before a
ruthless
mother nature
does it for
us, is so big
and
overwhelming,
it is
extremely
difficult for
anyone to face
up to, and all
too tempting
to remain in
our state of "collective
denial".
It is
essential we
understand the
root cause
of
non-sustainability,
which lies in
our
primitive
animal nature
and a
socio-economic
order that
developed from
it -
unsurprisingly,
in view of
what Darwin is
supposed to
have taught us
about human
origins.
However, much
like Christian
fundamentalists,
we are loath
to face up to
it. Not least,
because doing
so reveals our
entire
socio-economic
order - in
which we ALL
have our
places and on
which we ALL
depend - to be
fundamentally
non-sustainable.
Yours
sincerely
Roger Hicks |
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