This article presents a very dangerous mindset, of either 0 or 1. All or nothing. It’s very manipulative. Perhaps there are radical green activists, putting forward the zero travel postulate. I can only agree that this borders on madness (I am a frequent flyer and an avid plane spotter). No, the green parties do not want to keep us at home, like the epidemic has done. This is an should be a temporary measure, only for the time of the epidemic. Do not put your twisted interpretation on that. The green movement, which in its mainstream should be called the sustainability movement, postulates to bring a bit more balance to it all. The frustration that feeds populism in the West is rooted in the fact that it has been so easy to export production to another continent, and then bring the products made over there back home. The cost of production being the only reason for that, using the cheap labour, interestingly available in the second last communist (North Korea being the very last). All of this left areas such as Detroit to rust. The sustainability movement postulates a bit less travel, fly an drive when you need or want, but not when you don’t need, not all meetings need to be face to face. But many do. (Myself being and teacher and facilitator, I suffer because the students don’t even switch their cameras on). Rediscover local and regional resources, maybe you do not need to import that component from a different continent, maybe you can co-develop it with a local or regional or national subcontractor. If not, fine go and search anywhere. Sustainability is about taking different aspects into account, not just but also the social and natural environment. But certainly not staying home all the time and no travel at all.
This article presents a very dangerous mindset, of either 0 or 1. All or nothing. It’s very manipulative. Perhaps there are radical green activists, putting forward the zero travel postulate. I can only agree that this borders on madness (I am a frequent flyer and an avid plane spotter). No, the green parties do not want to keep us at home, like the epidemic has done. This is an should be a temporary measure, only for the time of the epidemic. Do not put your twisted interpretation on that. The green movement, which in its mainstream should be called the sustainability movement, postulates to bring a bit more balance to it all. The frustration that feeds populism in the West is rooted in the fact that it has been so easy to export production to another continent, and then bring the products made over there back home. The cost of production being the only reason for that, using the cheap labour, interestingly available in the second last communist (North Korea being the very last). All of this left areas such as Detroit to rust. The sustainability movement postulates a bit less travel, fly an drive when you need or want, but not when you don’t need, not all meetings need to be face to face. But many do. (Myself being and teacher and facilitator, I suffer because the students don’t even switch their cameras on). Rediscover local and regional resources, maybe you do not need to import that component from a different continent, maybe you can co-develop it with a local or regional or national subcontractor. If not, fine go and search anywhere. Sustainability is about taking different aspects into account, not just but also the social and natural environment. But certainly not staying home all the time and no travel at all.