What Should We Do?

What should we do about climate change? species loss? the growing power of artificial intelligence? inequality and violence?

Individual choices underpin these grand decisions. Should I shift to a plant-based diet to reduce my environmental impact? What political candidates should I support? Should I push my employer to be more active around sustainability and social justice?

In Decisions for Sustainability: Facts and Values, I explore how we might make such important decisions.

Making decisions is hard for us as individuals. And it’s even tougher when we have to come together in communities, in organizations, in nations, and globally. In the half century since the first Earth Day, we have made some decisions that move us towards sustainability; that is, toward improving the well-being of humans and other species while reducing stress on the environment. But we also have made decisions as individuals, communities, organizations and nations that don’t help and often make things worse. There are many examples: we have not adequately addressed ongoing climate change and biodiversity loss, the proliferation of technologies without consideration of their impacts, or continuing violence and inequality. How might we do better?

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