07-14-2024, 03:48 AM
I'd first like to say that the intention I had in posting the "Man in the Mirror" video/song was not to highlight homelessness, although the video does capture a lot of that, it was to amplify the meaning of the song itself.
But to answer the question of what is sustainable, I think, after we look in the mirror, we have to realize that the primary unsustainable elephant in the room is 8 billion people worldwide.
Beginning in 1960, the world population has increased by 1 billion people every 12 to 14 years. How, can a continued growth rate like that be sustainable, in any metric of measurement, be it food, housing, medical care, jobs, infrastructure plus everything else, and most importantly, its impact on the climate?
It's just simply impossible to continue human growth at that rate and keep Mother Earth a sustainable habitat.
But to answer the question of what is sustainable, I think, after we look in the mirror, we have to realize that the primary unsustainable elephant in the room is 8 billion people worldwide.
Beginning in 1960, the world population has increased by 1 billion people every 12 to 14 years. How, can a continued growth rate like that be sustainable, in any metric of measurement, be it food, housing, medical care, jobs, infrastructure plus everything else, and most importantly, its impact on the climate?
It's just simply impossible to continue human growth at that rate and keep Mother Earth a sustainable habitat.