Reinhard Loske by the Greens in the
today
taz
(p. 12)
published an article in which he calls "consumerism to listen "to finally develop a new environmentally and socially just lifestyle:
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All wind turbines, wood pellet and hybrid cars will not save us but if we are living longer dodge the question of style. Since there is a natural shyness which is understandable, especially for politicians who shun the charge of preaching renunciation as the plague. But consumerism, so the accumulation of goods as a substitute for sense, is now the biggest enemy of climate protection. Therefore, it is a cultural task of the first order, the return to convey the human dimension.
course, it is important to make an important caveat: If a waiver of the rich would simply not to use their off-roaders in the fast time on Sunday, while for the poor, the reduction of the Hartz IV benefits from 345 € per month meant to 300 €, would such an approach without the prospect of broad social approval. The chance to help moderate lifestyles breakthrough increases with social justice, nationally and internationally. Das Grundeinkommen für jede und jeden könnte die Brücke sein, um übermäßigen Wachstumsdruck von der Gesellschaft zu nehmen. Es ist an der Zeit, die ökologische und die soziale Frage endlich zusammenzudenken.