This article describes ecological realism as the belief that our resources on earth are scarce and if we continue the way we are now we will not last another 10 or 20 years. Gorz talks about the crisis of growth in the economy not being the solution to our problem. One economist even says that if we stopped growing, the rate of our consumption of resources will still end in exhausting them completely. The idea ecological realism is seeing the facts for what they are and not ignoring that our resources are finite.
As sad and kind of scary as this article may be, I am glad I read it. It just reinforces the idea that our generation needs to make changes and now. The resources of our world are not infinite and we cannot just do what is easier to survive. What is easier for us now is not creating a better world for us tomorrow. I think that a lot of people are just hoping that we will discover new ways to live and adapt without the resources we use today. I believe that we will always have a problem of our resources running out. We can't just continue to take and not give back anything to the planet. Even trees are becoming scarce. I believe that more people need to be concerned about ecological realism and to stop pretending like it's not happening.
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