Is “Business As Usual” with Respect to the Natural Environment an Acceptable Strategy?

I’m delighted to see real progress being made in the public discourse surrounding sustainability.  While most people still have the idea that continuing with “business as usual” with respect to our environment is an acceptable strategy, more of us are questioning this concept with each passing month. Here’s an example: a PBS special called The Journey to Planet Earth, featuring one of my personal heroes, Lester R. Brown, environmental visionary and author of “Plan B.”

It also features Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman (oops – Mom’s not going to like this one), Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, and former Governor and Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt.

I caught the first part of this incredible series last night; it’s beautifully done.