McDreamy: Sustainable lifestyle

Shahab Sabahi

Energy and Environment for Development – Policy Analysis Research Group

In a new report, BBC news brought forward a topic “consumption” It claims that IF the entire world follow “the US-style consumption" our resources would be able to fully serve only 1.4 billion of the world population. In other word, this McDreamy lifestyle would be sustainable only for 20% of the earth inhabitants.

The report follows with another claim that a sum of US$ 200 million is daily spent for advertisement purposes and subsequently further encouragement for excess consumption.

Now the world leaders and economists whisper a prescription so-called “more domestic consumption" for China and other developing countries as a cure for the world economic growth recovery.  

DO YOU THINK, sociologists / philosophers should seize the moment and provide humankind with the fresh idea of life values? Should they redefine, what is so-called “the concept of progress” and “perfectionism” for policymakers and societies?