A former colleague of mine sent me this clip today. It’s from the UN Climate conference in Rio in 1992, yet it’s message still resonates today.
How far have we come really? How much of what she raises remains a concern in the present day?
We place ourselves at the top of the food-chain. I guess that’s our inherent arrogance, afterall, what other animal destroys the natural environment on which it depends for survival?
And how efficient or effective are the pyramids of power, western-style democracies have created in institutions such as the United Nations and World Bank?
Let’s be honest, if they were a .dot com in the 90s they both would have been long gone.