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Nettstedet worldchanging.com anbefales på det sterkeste. Det representerer ikke bare et brudd med den fossiløkonomien vi har latt oss fange i, men også et brudd med den typen grønt tankegods som er  teknofobisk, pessimistisk og menneskefiendtlig.

I forrige utgave Miljøpartiet De Grønnes elektroniske nyhetsbrev – som jeg redigerer – tok jeg også med pekere til et par artikler som er høyst lesverdige i denne forbindelse. Dersom du synes nyhetsbrevet ser dørgende kjedelig ut, bør du iallfall ta en titt på de to artiklene:

That sharp dichotomy between human nature and nature itself set the tone for American environmentalism’s thorny confrontation with modernity. Suspicious of industry, wary of progress, and often hostile toward innovation and enterprise, the environmentalists of the twentieth century found themselves caught in a peculiar double bind. On one hand was the desire to reach for a brighter future for the world and its children; on the other, the fear that the very tools and technologies that might get us there were themselves our future’s greatest enemy.

Ross Robertson: “A brighter shade of green”

Once environmentalists can offer a compelling vision for the future we will be in a much better position to stop being Pollyanna about the state of their politics. And once we have an inspiring vision we will have the confidence we need to “take a cold, hard look at the facts,” in the words of Good to Great author Jim Collins.

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a dream speech” is famous because it put forward an inspiring, positive vision that carried a critique of the current moment within it. Imagine how history would have turned out had King given an “I have a nightmare” speech instead.

In the absence of a bold vision and a reconsideration of the problem, environmental leaders are effectively giving the “I have a nightmare” speech, not just in our press interviews but also in the way that we make our proposals. The world’s most effective leaders are not issue-identified
but rather vision and value-identified. These leaders distinguish themselves by inspiring hope against fear, love against injustice, and power against powerlessness.

Michael Shellenberger og Ted Nordhaus: “The death of environmentalism”

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