When I ask an audience, “Who believes we are on a path to self-extinction?” nearly every hand goes up. It’s a sign of a growing awareness that humanity is on a path to self-imposed environmental and social collapse. For me, that awareness is a source of hope.
I recently discovered an even deeper source of hope on a trip to South Korea. There I was involved in a remarkable series of international discussions on the transition to “ecological civilization.” I had the privilege of keynoting a conference on the transition hosted by Park Won-soon, the mayor of Seoul, and joined him in an interview with one of Seoul’s daily newspapers.
The concept is gaining traction elsewhere as well. China has embedded its commitment to ecological civilization in its constitution.
[For more on this story by David Korten, go to https://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/why-i-have-hope-in-the-face-of-human-extinction-20181101]
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