Monday 28 March 2011

Task 5

Sustainability is defined through the coming together of different factors such as social environments, environmental changes, economical climate and moral and political areas. These all come together to form an environmentally friendly community.  "Sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs"


Capitalism is a process of money and profit being made in order to keep the economy a float. The main principle is to gain profit constantly looking for new things to commodify. 


Environmentalism is a capitalist concept that taps into the environment to exploit new ways of making moneys. It is said with evert crisis capitalism will reach a cut off limit however the reinvention of of capitalism will make sure this wont happen. As time goes on  the only crisis that appears that it could destroy capitalism is one of environmental descent, where humanity can no longer beat the limitations of the earths natural resources.


Hybrid cars and less packaging makes people feel like they are saving the planet if they buy green which is called "greenwashing" However there are risks as people have to get rid of their old things and buy into new green things which will cost the environment and this reason is not compatible with capitalism. Capitalism is only interested in the cycle of buying and selling and not the environment.


Crisis of Capitalism. The only way to save the planet is to become ecological and abolish capitalism.

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