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Nothing less than the fate of the planet is at stake. . . No place on the planet can remain an island of affluence in a sea of misery.

Affluence, Fate, Island, Islands, Sea, Stake
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What if a small group of world leaders were to conclude that the principal risk to the Earth comes from the actions of the rich countries?. . . In order to save the planet, the group decides: Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?

Change, Country, Responsibility, Leaders, Actions, Group

A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns.

Environmental, Patterns, Lifestyle, Shift, Lifestyles

The concept of national sovereignty has been an immutable, indeed sacred, principle of international relations. It is a principle which will yield only slowly and reluctantly to the new imperatives of global environmental cooperation. It is simply not feasible for sovereignty to be exercised unilaterally by individual nation states, however powerful. The global community must be assured of environmental security.

Powerful, Yield, Community, Imperatives, Nation

Developed and benefited from the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption which have produced our present dilemma. It is clear that current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class-involving high meat intake, consumption of large amounts of frozen and convenience foods, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and work-place air-conditioning, and suburban housing-are not sustainable. A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmentally damaging consumption patterns.

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Isn't the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn't it our responsibility to bring that about?

Responsibility, Eugenics, Civilization, Collapse, Civilizations, Hope
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