#sufficiency

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من فترة وانا ماشية ع نظام "الطيبات المعيشي" وبصراحة طلع نظام جودتة "Perfect"٪

ـ النظام هو مهما كانت منزلتك عندي الك معي وحدة وبس مابستنا انا لحتة اوصل لل ٧٠ عذر الحياة مرة ، مش تجريبية اضعيها فرص ع هاض وهضاك لا للثقة بالكلمات. ونعم للثقة بالجهود. يمكن للناس تخبارك بأي شيء، لكن الجهود وحدها بتخبرك بكل شيء .!

There is growing evidence that citizens are capable of grappling seriously with environmental limits when given the opportunity. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has documented hundreds of citizens’ assemblies on climate worldwide. Analyses of such processes show that participants frequently endorse sufficiency-oriented measures, particularly in sectors like transportation. For example, a national citizens’ climate convention in France came up with a creative solution by proposing limits on domestic flights where less-polluting rail alternatives existed. Deliberation does not eliminate disagreement, nor does it guarantee ambitious outcomes. But it makes trade-offs visible and contestable. It shifts sustainability from a project of compliance to one of collective self-rule. In this sense, sufficiency is not only an environmental proposal but a democratic test. Sufficiency is often framed as a call to live with less. In reality, it is a demand to decide together what we truly need to live well on a finite planet — which, for some, in fact means living with more. Technology and economic modeling can help us understand what is physically possible, but they cannot tell us what is socially acceptable or morally just. Those judgments belong in the public realm.

Paul's Thorn and God's Grace

In August I presented a seminar, hosted by Massey University, on what I believe to be the single most important issue we face today. That is, how to reconcile our growth-based economy and energy-intensive way of life with the polycrisis that means a liveable planet hangs in the balance. In the talk, I argue that we simply cannot reconcile these two things – contrary to what we are led to believe…