La Historia de las cosas (Subtitulada)
Summary
TLDREl guion explora el sistema económico de materiales, desde la extracción hasta la eliminación, y cómo es insostenible en un planeta finito. Expone la crisis ambiental y social causada por un sistema lineal, la desigualdad en la distribución del poder y recursos, y la obsolescencia programada. Se aboga por un cambio hacia un modelo sostenible y equitativo, enfocándose en la química verde, la producción de ciclo cerrado, la energía renovable y la economía local, para construir un futuro más justo y sostenible.
Takeaways
- 📦 La economía de materiales es un sistema lineal que extrae, produce, distribuye, consume y desecha, y esto está en crisis porque no se puede sostener en un planeta finito.
- 🌍 Hemos consumido un tercio de los recursos naturales del planeta en las últimas tres décadas, y muchos recursos están al borde del agotamiento.
- 🛠 El sistema de producción mezcla productos naturales con químicos tóxicos, lo que resulta en productos contaminados y peligrosos para la salud humana y el medio ambiente.
- 💰 El verdadero costo de los productos no se refleja en el precio que pagamos; los recursos y la salud de las personas que los producen y los consumen se ven afectados negativamente.
- 🛒 La obsolescencia programada y percibida son estrategias utilizadas para mantener el flujo constante de consumo, llevando a una gran cantidad de desperdicio de recursos.
- 🛍 Los consumidores en los EE. UU. compran y descartan productos a un ritmo insostenible, con un 99% de los productos siendo desechados dentro de los seis meses posteriores a su compra.
- ♻️ Aunque el reciclaje ayuda, no es suficiente para resolver el problema, ya que la mayoría de los productos no están diseñados para ser reciclables.
- 🔥 La incineración de desechos produce sustancias químicas extremadamente tóxicas, como la dioxina, que es la más tóxica creada por el hombre.
- 🤝 El problema es sistémico, pero hay múltiples puntos de intervención, desde la conservación de bosques hasta el comercio justo y el consumo consciente.
- 🔄 La solución radica en transformar el sistema lineal en uno circular, basado en sostenibilidad, química verde, cero residuos, energía renovable y economías locales.
Q & A
¿Qué es la economía de materiales y cómo se define el proceso que ella describe?
-La economía de materiales es un sistema que abarca la extracción, producción, distribución, consumo y disposición de bienes. Se describe como un proceso desde la extracción de recursos naturales hasta su transformación, distribución, consumo y, finalmente, eliminación o reciclaje.
¿Por qué es el sistema de economía de materiales considerado una crisis?
-El sistema es considerado una crisis porque es lineal y se ejecuta indefinidamente en un planeta finito. Esto conduce a un agotamiento de recursos, impacto ambiental y una serie de problemas sociales y económicos que chocan con límites reales que el diagrama del sistema no refleja.
¿Cuál es la relación entre las corporaciones y el gobierno en el contexto de la economía de materiales?
-Las corporaciones, al crecer en tamaño y poder, han llegado a tener más influencia que el gobierno en muchos casos. Esto ha llevado a un cambio en el gobierno, donde se muestra más preocupación por el bienestar de las corporaciones que por el del pueblo.
¿Qué impacto tiene la extracción de recursos naturales en el planeta?
-La extracción de recursos naturales, también conocida como explotación de recursos naturales, conduce a la deforestación, la destrucción de montañas, el agotamiento de aguas y la extinción de animales, lo que a su vez provoca un agotamiento de recursos y un impacto negativo en el medio ambiente.
¿Cómo se relaciona el consumo en masa con la creación de desechos?
-El consumo en masa, impulsado por la economía de materiales, resulta en una gran cantidad de productos que son desechados en un corto período de tiempo. Esto crea una gran cantidad de desechos que no solo llenan vertederos sino que también afectan negativamente al medio ambiente.
¿Qué es la obsolescencia planificada y cómo afecta a los productos que consumimos?
-La obsolescencia planificada es un proceso intencional por el cual los productos son diseñados para ser obsoletos lo antes posible, lo que nos motiva a deshacernos de ellos y comprar nuevos. Esto contribuye a la creación de más desechos y a un ciclo continuo de producción y consumo.
¿Por qué la percepción de obsolescencia es un factor clave en el consumo?
-La percepción de obsolescencia nos convence para deshacernos de cosas que aún son útiles, basándonos en cambios estéticos o de diseño. Esto nos motiva a comprar productos nuevos para mantener la apariencia de estar al día con las tendencias, lo que a su vez impulsa el consumo y la generación de desechos.
¿Cómo afectan los anuncios publicitarios a nuestra percepción de valor y satisfacción?
-Los anuncios publicitarios, al ser expuestos a una tasa de más de 3,000 al día en los EE. UU., nos hacen sentir insatisfechos con lo que tenemos y nos impulsan a comprar cosas nuevas para sentirnos mejor, lo que contribuye a un ciclo de consumo insalubre.
¿Qué implicaciones tiene el uso de químicos tóxicos en la producción de bienes?
-El uso de químicos tóxicos en la producción puede resultar en productos contaminados que luego se liberan en el hogar, la escuela y otros espacios, lo que tiene un impacto en la salud humana y el medio ambiente, especialmente en las personas que trabajan en fábricas y en las comunidades cercanas a las fábricas.
¿Por qué la recolección de residuos no es suficiente para abordar el problema de la economía de materiales?
-La recolección de residuos, aunque es positiva, no es suficiente porque solo aborda la punta del iceberg. La mayoría de la contaminación y la generación de desechos ocurren en la producción, y muchos desechos no son reciclables debido a su composición tóxica o diseño anti-reciclaje.
¿Qué alternativas propone el guionista para transformar el sistema de economía de materiales en uno más sostenible?
-El guionista propone alternativas como la química verde, la producción de ciclo cerrado, la energía renovable, el vivir local y la economía equitativa, que buscan crear un sistema que no desperdicie recursos ni personas y que opere de manera sostenible y justa.
Outlines
🌏 Economía de los materiales y crisis del sistema lineal
El primer párrafo explora el sistema económico de los materiales, desde la extracción hasta la eliminación, y cómo este modelo lineal entra en crisis debido a la naturaleza finita del planeta. El hablante, tras investigar durante diez años, concluye que este sistema no es sostenible y está en crisis, afectando a sociedades, culturas, economía y el medio ambiente. Se menciona la importancia de las personas en el sistema, la desigualdad de poder y el papel del gobierno y las corporaciones en esta dinámica.
🌿 Problemas ambientales y la explotación de recursos naturales
Este párrafo se enfoca en la extracción de recursos y sus consecuencias, como la deforestación, la explotación de minas y la contaminación del agua. Se destaca que el planeta está agotando sus recursos naturales a un ritmo alarmante, y que el consumo excesivo de los Estados Unidos representa un problema, ya que usa y produce un porcentaje desproporcionado de recursos y residuos en comparación con su población. La respuesta a esta limitación es la expansión hacia terceres países, lo que conduce a una mayor degradación ambiental y social.
🏭 Producción industrial y exposición a sustancias tóxicas
El tercer párrafo discute cómo la producción industrial implica la mezcla de recursos naturales con químicos tóxicos, creando productos contaminados. Se menciona la preocupante cantidad de sustancias químicas sintéticas en el comercio que no han sido completamente evaluadas en términos de impacto en la salud. Los efectos de estas sustancias en la cadena alimentaria y en el cuerpo humano, especialmente en lactantes y trabajadores expuestos, se resaltan como un problema significativo, así como la externalización de los costos reales de producción por parte de las empresas.
🛍️ Consumo desenfrenado y obsolescencia programada
El cuarto párrafo aborda el concepto de consumismo y cómo se ha convertido en una forma de vida, con el objetivo de mantener los precios bajos y el flujo de ventas. Se critica la obsolescencia programada y la obsolescencia percibida, que incentivan el reemplazo constante de bienes aún útiles. El impacto de la publicidad y los medios de comunicación en la percepción de valor y la insatisfacción con lo que se posee se mencionan como factores que impulsan el consumismo.
🗑️ Problemas de disposición y la necesidad de un cambio de mentalidad
El último párrafo analiza el problema del desperdicio y la disposición de los productos, destacando que la mayoría de los materiales utilizados en la producción no se reciclarán y terminan en vertederos o incineradores. Se argumenta que el reciclaje, aunque positivo, no es suficiente para abordar el núcleo del problema. Se hace un llamado a abandonar la mentalidad de desecho y adoptar un enfoque basado en la sostenibilidad y la equidad, con ejemplos de prácticas innovadoras que ya se están implementando en algunos lugares.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Economía de materiales
💡Sistema lineal
💡Agotamiento de recursos
💡Toxicidad
💡Consumo
💡Obsolescencia planificada
💡Obsolescencia percibida
💡Trabajo forzado
💡Descarte
💡Reciclaje
💡Sostenibilidad
Highlights
Obsessión con las posesiones y la curiosidad sobre el origen y destino de nuestras cosas.
El sistema de economía de materiales es lineal y en crisis en un planeta finito.
La interacción del sistema económico con la sociedad, la cultura y el medio ambiente revela límites no visibles.
La importancia de las personas en el sistema, y cómo algunas tienen más influencia que otras.
El gobierno y las corporaciones, y cómo las corporaciones pueden ser más poderosas que los gobiernos.
La extracción de recursos naturales y su impacto en el planeta, como la deforestación y la explotación de minas.
La crisis de recursos naturales y la sobreutilización por parte de los países desarrollados.
La explotación de tercermundistas y la problemática de la extracción de recursos en otros países.
La producción con químicos tóxicos y su impacto en la salud y el medio ambiente.
Los retos de la salud pública debido a las sustancias químicas en productos domésticos.
La problemática de la contaminación y cómo se traslada de vuelta a los países desarrollados.
El papel del consumismo en la economía y cómo se ha convertido en una forma de vida.
El concepto de obsolescencia planificada y su impacto en el ciclo de vida de los productos.
La influencia de la publicidad y los medios en la percepción de obsolescencia.
La disminución de la felicidad nacional a pesar del aumento en la posesión de bienes.
El trabajo excesivo y la falta de tiempo para las actividades que realmente aportan felicidad.
La problemática del desperdicio y la necesidad de un cambio en la mentalidad de 'desecho'.
La importancia de la reciclaje pero su insuficiencia para abordar el núcleo del problema.
La necesidad de un sistema sostenible y equitativo basado en la economía circular.
La posibilidad de crear un nuevo sistema basado en la sostenibilidad y la equidad.
Transcripts
do have one of these I got a little
obsessed with mine in fact I got a
little obsessed with all my stuff Have
you ever wondered where all the stuff we
buy comes from and where it goes when we
throw it out I couldn't stop wondering
about that so I looked it up and what
the textbook said is that stuff moves
through a system from extraction to
production to distribution to
consumption to disposal all together
it's called the materials economy well I
looked into it a little bit more in fact
I spent 10 years traveling the world
tracking where our stuff comes from and
where it goes and you know what I found
out that is not the whole story there is
a lot missing from this explanation for
one thing this system looks like it's
fine no problem but the truth is it's a
system in crisis and the reason it's a
system in crisis is it's a linear system
and we live on a finite planet and you
cannot run a linear system on a finite
planet in definitely every step along
the way this system is interacting with
the real world in real life it's not
happening on a blank white page it's
interacting with societies cultures
economies the environment and all along
the way it's bumping up against limits
limits we don't see here because the
diagram is incomplete so let's go back
through let's fill in some of the blanks
and see what's missing well one of the
most important things that's missing is
people yes people people live and work
all along the system and some people in
this system matter a little more than
others some have a little more say who
are they well let's start with the
government now my friends tell me I
should use a tank to symbolize the
government and that's true in many
countries and increasingly in our own
after all more than 50% of our federal
tax money is now going to the military
but I'm using a person to symbolize the
government because I hold true to the
vision and values the government should
be of the People by the people for the
people it's the government's job to
watch out for us to take care of us
that's their job job then Along Came the
corporation now the reason the
corporation looks bigger than the
government is that the corporation is
bigger than the government of the 100
largest economies on Earth Now 51 are
corporations and as the corporation has
grown in size and power we've seen a
little change in the government where
they're a little more concerned in
making sure everything's working out for
those guys than for
us okay so let's see what else is
missing from this picture we'll start
with extraction which is a fancy word
for natural resource exploitation which
is a fancy word for trashing the planet
what this looks like is we chop down the
trees we blow up mountains to get the
metals inside we use up all the water
and we wipe out the animals so here we
are running up against our first limit
we are running out of resources we are
using too much stuff now I know this can
be hard to hear but it's the truth so
we've got to deal with it in the past
three decades alone onethird of the
planet's natural resource space has been
consumed gone
we are cutting and Mining and Hauling
and trashing the place so fast that
we're undermining the planet's very
ability for people to live here where I
live in the United States we have less
than 4% of our original forests left 40%
of the waterways have become undrinkable
and our problem is not just that we're
using too much stuff but we're using
more than our share we have 5% of the
world's population but we're using 30%
of the world's resources and creating
30% of the world's waste if everybody
consumed at us rates we would need three
to five planets and you know what we've
only got one so my country's response to
this limitation is simply to go take
somebody else's this is the third world
which some would say is another word for
our stuff that somehow got on somebody
else's land so what does that look like
the same thing trashing the place 75% of
global Fisheries now are fished at or
Beyond capacity 80% of the planet's
original forests are gone in the Amazon
alone we're losing 2,000 trees a minute
that is seven football fields a minute
and what about the people who live here
well according to these guys they don't
own these resources even if they've been
living there for Generations they don't
own the means of production and they're
not buying a lot of stuff and in this
system if you don't own or buy a lot of
stuff you don't have value
so next the materials move to production
and what happens there is we use energy
to mix toxic chemicals in with the
natural resources to make toxic
contaminated products there are over a
100,000 synthetic chemicals in use in
Commerce today only a handful of them
have even been tested for health impacts
and none have been tested for
synergistic Health impacts that means
when they interact with all the other
chemicals were exposed to every day so
we don't know the full impact on health
and the environment of all these toxic
chemicals but we do know one thing
toxics in toxics out as long as we keep
putting toxics into our industrial
production systems we're going to keep
getting toxics in the stuff that we
bring into our homes and workplaces and
schools and duh our bodies like bfrs
brominated flame retardants they're a
chemical that make things more fireproof
but they are super toxic they're are
neurotoxin that means toxic to the brain
what are we even doing using a chemical
like this yet we put it in our computers
our PL liances couches mattresses even
some pillows in fact we take our pillows
we douse them in a neurotoxin then we
bring them home and put our heads on
them for 8 hours a night to sleep now I
don't know but it seems to me in this
country with so much potential we could
think of a better way to stop our heads
from catching on fire at night now these
toxics build up the food chain and
concentrate in our bodies do you know
what is the food at the top of the food
chain with the highest level of many
toxic contaminants human breast milk
that means that we've reached a point
where the smallest members of our
societies our babies are getting the
highest lifetime dose of toxic chemicals
from breastfeeding from their mothers is
that not an incredible violation
breastfeeding must be the most
fundamental human Act of nurturing it
should be sacred and safe now
breastfeeding is still best and mother
should definitely keep breastfeeding but
we should protect it they should protect
it I thought they were looking at out
for us and of course the people who bear
the biggest brunt of these toxic
chemicals are the factory workers many
of whom are women of reproductive age
they're working with reproductive toxins
carcinogens and more now I ask you what
kind of woman of reproductive age would
work in a job exposed to reproductive
toxins except for a woman with no other
option and that's one of the beauties of
this system the erosion of local
environments and economies here ensures
a constant supply of people with no
other option globally 200,000 people a
day are moving from environments that
have sustained them for Generations into
cities many to live in slums looking for
work no matter how toxic that work may
be so you see it's not just resources
that are wasted along this system but
people too whole communities get
wasted yep toxics in toxics out a lot of
the toxics leave the factories in
products but even more leave as
byproduct or pollution and it's a lot of
pollution in the US our industry admits
to releasing over 4 billion pounds of
toxic chemicals a year and it's probably
a lot more cuz that's only what they
admit so that's another limit because
Yak who wants to look at and smell 4
billion pounds of toxic chemicals a year
so what do they do move the dirty
factories overseas pollute someone
else's land but surprise a lot of that
pollution is coming right back at us
carried by wind
currents
so what happens after all these natural
resources are turned into products well
it moves here for distribution now
distribution means selling all the toxic
contaminated junk as quickly as possible
the goal here is to keep the prices down
keep the people buying and keep the
inventory moving how do they keep the
prices down well they don't pay the
store workers very much and they skimp
on health insurance every time they can
it's all about externalizing the costs
what that means is that the real costs
of making stuff aren't captured in the
price in other words we aren't paying
for the stuff we buy I was thinking
about this the other day I was walking
to work and I wanted to listen to the
news so I popped into a Radio Shack to
buy a radio I found this cute little
green radio for
$4.99 I was standing there in line to
buy this thing and I was thinking how
could
$4.99 possibly capture the cost of
making this radio and getting it into my
hands the metal was probably mined in
South Africa the petroleum was probably
drilled in Iraq the Plastics were
probably produced in China and maybe the
whole thing was assembled by some
15-year-old in a macador in Mexico $4.99
wouldn't even pay the rent for the Shelf
space it occupied until I came along let
alone part of the staff guy salary who
helped me pick it out or the multiple
ocean cruises and truck rides pieces of
this radio went on that's how I realized
I didn't pay for the radio so who did
pay well these people paid with the loss
of their natural resource space these
people paid with the loss of their clean
air with increasing asthma and cancer
rates kids in the Congo paid with their
future 30% of the kids in part of the
Congo have dropped out of school to mine
colal tan a metal we need for our cheap
and disposable Electronics these people
even paid by having to cover their own
health insurance all along this system
people pitched in so I could get this
radio for
$4.99 and none of these contributions
are recorded in any accounts book that's
what I mean by the company owners
externalize the true cost of
production and that brings us to the
Golden Arrow of
consumption this is the heart of the
system the engine that drives it it is
so important that protecting this Arrow
has become the top priority for both of
these guys that's why after 911 when our
country was in shock and President Bush
could have suggested any number of
appropriate things to grieve to pray to
hope no he said to shop to shop we have
become a nation of consumers our primary
identity has become that of being
consumers not mothers teachers Farmers
but consumers the primary way that our
value is measured and demonstrated is by
how much we contribute to this Arrow how
much we consume and do we we shop and
Shop and Shop keep the materials flowing
and flow they do guess what percentage
of total materials flow through this
system is still in product or use 6
months after their date of sale in North
America 50% 20 no
1% one in other words 99% of the stuff
we Harvest mine process transport 99% of
the stuff we run through this system is
trashed within 6 months
now how can we run a planet with that
level of materials throughput it wasn't
always like this the average US person
now consumes twice as much as they did
50 years ago ask your grandma in her day
stewardship and resourcefulness and
Thrift were valued so how did this
happen well it didn't just happen it was
designed shortly after World War II
these guys were figuring out how to ramp
up the economy retailing analyst Victor
laau articulated the solution that's
become the norm for the whole system he
said our enormously productive economy
demands that we make consumption our way
of life that we convert the buying and
use of goods into rituals that we seek
our spiritual satisfaction our ego
satisfaction in consumption we need
things consumed burned up replaced and
discarded at an Ever accelerating rate
President Eisenhower's Council of
economic advisers chairman said that the
American economy's ultimate purpose is
to produce more consumer goods more
consumer Goods our ultimate purpose not
provide health care or education or Safe
Transportation or sustainability or
Justice consumer goods how did they get
us to jump on board this program so
enthusiastically well two of their most
effective strategies are planned
obsolescence and perceived obsolescence
planned obsolescence is another word for
designed for the dump it means they
actually make stuff to be useless as
quickly as possible so we'll Chuck it
and buy a new one it's obvious with
things like plastic bags and coffee cups
but now it's even big stuff mops DVDs
cameras barbecues even everything even
computers have you noticed that when you
buy a computer now the technology is
changing so fast that in just a couple
of years it's actually an impediment to
communication I was curious about this
so I opened up a big desktop computer to
see what was inside and I found out that
the piece that changes each year is just
a tiny little piece in the corner but
you can't just change that one piece
because each new version is a different
shape so you got to ch the whole thing
and buy a new one so I was reading
industrial design journals from the
1950s when planned obsolescence was
really catching on these designers are
so open about it they actually discuss
how fast can they make stuff break that
still leaves the consumer having enough
faith in the product to go out and buy
another one it was so intentional but
stuff cannot break fast enough to keep
this Arrow afloat so there's also
perceived obsolescence now perceived
obsolescence convinces us to throw away
stuff that is still perfectly useful how
do they do that well they change the way
the stuff looks so if you bought your
stuff A couple of years ago everyone can
tell that you haven't contributed to
this Arrow recently and since the way we
demonstrate our value is contributing to
this Arrow it can be embarrassing like
I've had the same fat white computer
monitor on my desk for 5 years my
coworker just got a new computer she has
a flat shiny Sleek monitor it matches
her computer matches her phone even
penstan she looks like she's driving in
spaceship Central and I I look like I
got a washing machine on my desk fashion
is another prime example of this have
you ever wondered why women's shoe heels
go from fat one year to skinny the next
to Fat to skinny it's not because
there's some debate about which heel
structure is the most healthy for
women's feet it's because wearing fat
heels in a skinny heel year shows
everybody that you haven't contributed
to that arrows recently so you're not as
valuable as that person in skinny heels
next to you or more likely in some ad
it's to keep us buying new
shoes advertisements and media in
general plays a big role in this each of
us in the US is targeted with over 3,000
advertisements a day we see more
advertisements in one year than people
50 years ago saw in a liftime and if you
think about it what's the point of an ad
except to make us unhappy with what we
have so 3,000 times a day we're told our
hair is wrong our skin is wrong our
clothes are wrong our furniture is wrong
our car is wrong we are wrong but it can
all be made right if we just go shopping
media also helps by hiding all of this
and all of this so the only part of the
materials economy we see is the shopping
the extraction production and Disposal
all happens outside of our field of
vision so in the US we have more stuff
than ever before but polls show that our
national happiness is actually declining
our national happiness peak in the 1950s
the same time that this consumption
Mania exploded hm interesting
coincidence I think I know why we have
more stuff but we have less time for the
things that really make us happy friends
family leisure time we're working harder
than ever some analysts say we have less
leisure time than any time since feudal
society and you know what the two main
activities are that we do with the scant
leisure time we have watch TV and Shop
in the US we spend three to four times
as many hours shopping as our
counterparts in Europe do so we're in
this ridiculous situation where we go to
work maybe two jobs even we come home
and we're exhausted so we pl down on our
new couch and watch TV and the
commercials tell us you suck so you got
to go to the mall to buy something to
feel better and then you got to go to
work more to pay for the stuff you just
bought so you come home and you're more
tired so you sit down and you watch more
TV and it tells you go to the mall again
and we're on this crazy work watch spend
treadmill and we could just
stop so in the end what happens to all
the stuff we buy anyway at this rate of
consumption it can't fit into our houses
even though the average house side has
doubled in this country since the 1970s
it all goes out in the garbage and that
brings us to disposal this is the part
of the materials economy we all know the
most because we have to haul the junk
out to the curb ourselves each of us in
the United States makes 4 and2 lbs of
garbage a day that's twice what we each
made 30 years ago all of this garbage
either get stumped in a landfill which
is just a big hole in the ground or if
you're really unlucky first to burned in
an incinerator and then dumped in the
landfill either way they both pollute
the air land water and don't forget
change the climate incineration is
really bad remember those toxics back in
the production stage well burning the
garbage releases the toxics up into the
air even worse it makes new super toxics
like dioxin dioxin is the most toxic
man-made substance known to science and
incinerators are the number one source
of dioxin that means that we could stop
the number one source of the most toxic
man-made substance known just by
stopping burning the trash we could stop
it today now some companies don't want
to deal with building landfills and
incinerators here so they just export
the disposal to what about recycling
does recycling help yes recycling helps
recycling reduces the garbage at this
end and it reduces the pressure to mine
and harvest new stuff at this end yes
yes yes we should all recycle but
recycling is not enough recycling will
never be enough for a couple reasons
first the waste coming out of our houses
is just the tip of the iceberg for every
one garbage can of waste you put out on
the curb 70 garbage cans of waste were
made Upstream just to make the junk in
that one garbage can you put out on the
curb so even if we could recycle 100% of
the waste coming out of our households
it doesn't get to the core of the
problems also much of the garbage can't
be recycled either because it contains
too many toxics or it's designed not to
be recyclable in the first place like
those juice packs where they have layers
of metal and paper and plastic all
smooshed together you can never separate
those for True
recycling so you see it is a system in
crisis all along the way we're bumping
up against limits from changing climate
to declining happiness it's just not
working but the good thing about such an
all-pervasive problem is there are so
many points of intervention there are
people working here on saving forests
here on clean production labor rights
fair trade conscious consuming blocking
landfills and incinerators and very
importantly taking back our government
so that it really is by the people for
the people all of this work is
critically important but things really
start moving when we see the connections
when we see the big picture when people
all along the system get united we can
reclaim and transform this whole linear
system into something new A system that
doesn't waste resources or people you
see what we really need to Chuck is that
old school throwaway mindset there's a
new school of thinking about this stuff
and it's based on sustainability and
Equity things like green chemistry zero
waste closed loop production renewable
energy local living economies it's
already started some say it's
unrealistic too idealistic that it can't
happen I say the ones who are
unrealistic are those who think that we
can continue with the old way they're
dreaming remember that old way didn't
just happen it wasn't like gravity that
we just have to live with people created
it and we're people too so let's create
something new there's a lot of
information on this website about groups
doing incredible work click around get
involved
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