Trevor Hancock: Our ‘ignore-ant’ elites blindly adhere to 'business as usual'

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Many of our so-called leaders don’t want to change because they get so much benefit — wealth, power, status — from the way things are

My colleague Paul Kershaw is a professor of public health at UBC and founder of Generation Squeeze, a “Think and Change Tank” that promotes wellbeing for all generations.

A reasonable point — one would like to think these issues are already well understood, at least in principle. What they are not hearing or understanding is really very simple: We only have one planet, and its natural ecosystems are the source of all life — not just ­humanity but every single living thing. And yet our demands considerably exceed the biocapacity and resources of the Earth.

Now it’s hard to believe that governments and ­corporations are not hearing or understanding this; indeed, I am sure they are. But what Paul is saying is that they are not behaving as if they have heard or understood what is going on. But I suspect that for many of our so-called leaders, they don’t want to change because they get so much benefit — wealth, power, status — from the way things are.

 

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