“The comprehension of events and the delight in beauty that humanity...may derive from its physical environment cannot be achieved in a condition of anarchy (Alexander and Chermayeff, Community and Privacy, p. 35, 1963).”
With little or no regard for the natural order, the human race faces a condition of anarchy and is doomed to failure. The movement called "green" or the search for more "sustainable" ways of life is a living, real reply to the chaos humans as a species have evolved to create. Organic food, hybrid cars, green buildings, renewable energy, and the rationale behind these things, should not be waved off as just the latest politically correct fad. These ideas though marketed to us in the familiar patterns of capitalist economics are much larger than any political agenda. The green movement is a response to a way of life that has made mincemeat of the human experience. The green movement is an attempt to salvage what is left of our environment, retool our machines to work in harmony with the natural order instead of against it, and continue our journey towards omnipotence. After all, what is the point of human sentience if we destroy our chance to become god?
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