We Need a Life-Based Economic System

[Mike Nickerson]

Why we Need a Life-Based Paradigm 

instead of the Growth Paradigm

Human activity has grown to challenge planetary limits yet the official solution to any problem that arises is to grow more.  Like fish unable to live anywhere but in water our leaders find it hard to imagine any way of life outside the Growth paradigm. 

There has to be another way for humans to be well on this bountiful planet. Suggested here is shifting to a Life-Based paradigm. 

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Much progress is being made to convert our world to renewable energy.  However, unless the perpetual expansion model of the Growth economy changes, we will confront natural resource and waste problems again and again until the system either collapses, or transforms to something more suited to our finite planet..  

Our Seventh Generation Initiative is dedicated to sufficiency.  The well-being of people and ecosystem must have priority, ahead of the perpetual expansion of monetary activity.

Support the shift to a Life-Based system at GoFundMe.

Yours for people and planet,

Mike Nickerson

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