The ecological crisis and self-delusion: implications for the building sector

摘要: The world is on the brink of an unprecedented growth-related ecological crisis that could well undermine prospects for global civilization. Nevertheless, community seems ‘in flight from thinking’ about implications threat and unwilling to contemplate policy remedies necessary change course history. Biological cultural factors combine inhibit clear understanding effective corrective action. Mainstream ‘solutions’ – hybrid cars, green buildings, smart growth, new urbanism are thus rooted in denial delusional. These approaches do not address fundamental problem ‘overshoot’, but rather attempt maintain growth-bound status quo through efficiency gains related technological ‘fixes’. This might actually worsen situation. Achieving sustainability requires such marginal reform give way a complete rethink society's relationship with nature. Developed societies need new, more adaptive mythology. building sector a...