The environmental movement has won the argument for change, but it needs a politics that goes with the grain of people’s lives and interests. Jonathan Porritts' book, Capitalism As If the World Matters revolves around two simple observations:

    * Capitalism is basically the only economic game in town, and the vast majority of people (in both the rich and poor world) are content for it to remain so for the definable future

    * Learning to live sustainably on the only planet we’ve got is a non-negotiable imperative if we want to avoid an accelerating descent into resource wars, collapsing eco-systems and traumatic social and economic decline.

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