Ceres conference post #2
At the Ceres conference, Majora Carter, formerly of Sustainable South Bronx, argued passionately that it is simply not acceptable to build an economy based on the degradation of the environment and the degradation of people. No argument there!
She also offered a new, sustainability-oriented acronym for the OBAMA era: “Officially Behaving As Magnificent Americans”.
Maybe if we could all adopt the mantle of “magnificence” and recognize the “magnificent” qualities of both the environment and each other, the hidden social and environmental costs of our current unsustainable lifestyles would be easier to see. And to act upon.
