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localfuture.org What is true sustainability? Aaron Wissner, president of Local Future, looks at examples of sustainable and unsustainable societies including the islands of Tikopia, Rapa Nui (or Easter Island), and the countries on the island of Hispaniola: The Dominican Republic and Haiti. Is sustainability something capable of being continued indefinitely with positive long-term effect on the environment? Wissner then poses a second question: Why have we failed? He suggests that some of the possibilities include laws, government, religion, cultural stories, language and money or the monetary system.
localfuture.org What is true sustainability? Aaron Wissner, president of Local Future, looks at examples of sustainable and unsustainable societies including the islands of Tikopia, Rapa Nui (or Easter Island), and the countries on the island of Hispaniola: The Dominican Republic and Haiti. Is sustainability something capable of being continued indefinitely with positive long-term effect on the environment? Wissner then poses a second question: Why have we failed? He suggests that some of the possibilities include laws, government, religion, cultural stories, language and money or the monetary system.
![[RPA] The Global Economy as a Wealth Accumulation System - Steve Keen & Nicole Foss & Aaron Wissner](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X0V2X100xOM/mqdefault.jpg "[RPA] The Global Economy as a Wealth Accumulation System - Steve Keen & Nicole Foss & Aaron Wissner
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Steve Keen, Nicole Foss and Aaron L. Wissner discuss the global economy as an inequality generating wealth accumulation system; considerations on what people are suggesting to do.
Steve is on the call for the first hour, then Nicole and Aaron continue on into some very concrete and specific action steps for anyone to take during the second hour.
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