Deep Dives: Doomed versus Scalable Ideas

Dr Robért reflects on the new EU directives for sustainability reportingThis is a huge opportunity for the world, given the EUs stance in sustainability matters. If organizational reporting is informed by the FSSD, the (i) enlightened self-interest of the individual organization, as well as the (ii) positive impact on the world, will be heavily leveraged.

Kalle reflects on the relevance of the Low Consumption Society as opposed to large systemic changes. Since the dawn of the sustainability movement in the late 60s, activists and others have repeatedly called for people in the wealthy countries of the west to adopt more modest, low-consumption lifestyles and cultures. Modesty is good. However, appeals to reducing consumption at the individual level, per se, has relatively little promise as regards transitioning towards a sustainable future.