{"id":3255,"date":"2008-08-03T12:30:55","date_gmt":"2008-08-03T18:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3255"},"modified":"2008-08-03T12:30:55","modified_gmt":"2008-08-03T18:30:55","slug":"towards-a-redefinition-of-sustainability-justin-van-kleeck-and-caroline-savery-2-caroline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/towards-a-redefinition-of-sustainability-justin-van-kleeck-and-caroline-savery-2-caroline\/","title":{"rendered":"Towards a (Re)Definition of Sustainability: Justin Van Kleeck and Caroline Savery. 2-Caroline"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hi Justin,<\/p>\n
I deeply appreciate your thoughts and your comments from “Towards a (Re)Definition of Sustainability – #1”<\/a>. \u00a0I can tell that this is something you’ve been chewing on! \u00a0Me too.<\/p>\n I believe that changing a million lightbulbs to CFLs is absolutely NOT sustainable, because CFLs are currently (and probably will never be) manufactured sustainably, and so that option is simply unacceptable in terms of one-Earth sustainability<\/span>. \u00a0It may be more “green,” but it’s only an excuse to continue exploiting the Earth and its priceless natural arrangement. \u00a0Besides, what are the benefits of using more electricity versus not putting more and more mercury into our landfills<\/a> and environments due to CFLs? \u00a0I’d like to see those numbers, too.<\/p>\n I think I seem radical (and truly, some of what I’ve tried has been too intense for me to even handle) because I demand sustainability<\/span> NOW, and reinforce that sustainability<\/span> can be possible NOW. \u00a0You are correct in saying that, in terms of basic “impact,” 10 people living off the grid makes less of a global difference than 1,000 people changing lightbulbs.\u00a0 But will using “green” lightbulbs–or any kind of lightbulbs at all!–ever be one-Earth sustainable?<\/p>\n