Sophie Howe is unique—the world’s only Future Generations Commissioner. What, you might well ask, is a Future Generations Commissioner. Her function, according to her website, “is to provide advice to the government and other public bodies in Wales on delivering social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being for current and future
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The Disaffected Lib: Like a Punch In the Gut
Five words that sum up a lawsuit underway against the European Union. Five words that perhaps should be a rallying cry for people around the world. We Can’t See a Future Lawyers acting for a group including a French lavender farmer and members of the indigenous Sami community in Sweden
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Has Conservatism Become a Death Cult?
Some day our grandchildren will ask “why?” They’ll want to know why their grandparents’ generation failed to act against climate change while there was still time to prevent their own generation from getting the worst of it. That’s how they’re going to judge us; not by how bad, how dangerous,
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: No more excuses
There is no question: this generation will be held responsible for our actions, and even more, for our inaction. Apathy, complacency and denial are morally unacceptable. In fact, at this time in human history, they are nothing less than complicity in the worst of collective atrocities. We must act now.
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