Another sustainability blog !?

Yes… but in this one you will not learn how to make your homemade ethical eco-friendly soap, nor will you get tips on the best thrift shops to find in town or how to reduce the carbon footprint of your next Christmas shopping spree. As I, a 23-year-old dude, am struggling myself to get to grips with the basic expectations of adulthood, how can you expect me on top of that to have an exemplary attitude with regards to the environment and my consumption choices?

That is exactly the question I’ve heard from many friends and my surroundings. We keep being told that we as individuals can have a real impact on the sustainability of society as a whole. But when we look around us, there are so many places to start and the scales involved are so impressive that we cannot help but feel a sense of hopelessness, and give up before we even started.

To quote our dear Aristotle, this might be because “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts”. And according to many, this “whole”, “this system” is “broken” (good old Bernie isn’t the only out there). We have been building up this system as a mutually agreed concept since whenever we decided to plow the first acres of land (big up to Yuval Noah Harari for summing this up neatly in “Homo Sapiens”). Whether what resulted from this system is mainly good or bad is for each and everyone to decide. But if we agree that it has to be changed in order to meet our targets set at these never ending Climate Conferences, then we are going to have to change the story behind this constructed myth. Easier said than done, and apparently going against thousands of years of human cognitive evolution.

And so this blog is an invitation to discuss about such broad topics, which at first seem out of our reach, in a humble and casual way. And once people have appropriated themselves this common story, instead of leaving it to completely overwhelmed politicians, then the real systemic changes will be able to happen more naturally.

On that note, welcome to the Green Chatterblogs, where discussions on sustainability will rival in drama the next episode of “the Bachelor”, “Les Anges de la téléréalité”, or “Bauer sucht Frau” 😉 Now grab your cup of oat milk, get a few locally sourced fruit snacks (sorry, I said I wouldn’t go into patronizing eco-warrior proselytism, but couldn’t help it), and get commenting!

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