New aspirations are urgently needed to match the reality of the graph above. Economic wealth is dependent on ecological health, therefore as our ecology collapses so will the purchasing power of the International Dollar.
| ‘The Ego to Eco Journey in Leadership… ‘ submitted to High-Level Advisory Board | link |
| ‘The Framework for Maximum Mitigation’ submitted to High-Level Advisory Board | link |
| UN Commons Cluster ‘Unity in Diversity’, the Preface justifies IPAT Degrowth | link |
| Petition in Change.org for the ‘Charter for Ecological Justice‘ and a revised SDG8 | link |
| Article introducing the concept of a ‘United Aspiration’ | link |
| Executive Summary – Objectives of the ‘United Aspiration’ | link |
| 5 June 2021 – letter to the UN Secretary General about a ‘United Aspiration’ | link |
| Petition in Avaaz in support of the ‘United Aspiration‘ | link |
| Proposed replacement for Sustainability Goal 8 | link |
| 11 July 2021 – email to the UNFCCC about the unsustainable nature of UN SDG8 and the executive summary for the ‘United Aspiration‘ | link |
| TED style talk to help to launch the concept of a ‘United Aspiration‘ – 20 minutes | link |
| Excellent talk by Dr Bill Rees challenging our pursuit of economic growth – 20 minutes | link |
| The book ‘The Web of Meaning’ by Jeremy Lent may help us in the emotional transition that is required to reach the United Aspiration. This link is to an article by Jeremy envisaging how mankind might achieve and live in ecological balance. | link |
| The book ‘Saving Us From Ourselves’ envisages how our UK society might change to redress ecological balance. It is brief and it challenges many assumptions made by the affluent world. It is free to download. | link |