{"id":57465,"date":"2021-04-14T06:56:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=57465"},"modified":"2021-04-14T06:56:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T11:56:31","slug":"the-wrong-direction-bright-green-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=57465","title":{"rendered":"The Wrong Direction: Bright Green Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/knpr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/public\/the_wrong_direction.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/knpr.org\/fifth-street\/2021-04\/april-8-2021#green\">The Wrong Direction: Bright Green Lies<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>THE RECENTLY RELEASED<\/strong> book <em>Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It<\/em> is designed to disabuse a well-meaning public of the notion that Teslas and wind farms will save the planet. They won\u2019t, say the three coauthors, Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith, and Max Wilbert; at best, they\u2019ll slow our inevitable self-destruction. The only thing that can save us is serious lifestyle change. What would that look like? From Thacker Pass in Humboldt County, Nevada, where he\u2019s camped out with other activists protesting a pending lithium mine, Wilbert explains.<\/p>\n<div class=\"expandable-section open\">\n<div class=\"expandable-title expandable-title-processed\">\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the premise of <em>Bright Green Lies<\/em>?<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Bright green&#8221; environmentalists believe that technological changes can make our culture sustainable, and there\u2019s not actually very good evidence to support this. In fact, the opposite is true. So, our book critiques technological solutions from an environmental perspective. We\u2019re not just saying that solar panels and wind turbines are destructive. We\u2019re saying that they\u2019re actively misleading our movements and pulling us in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, I drive an electric car based on the belief I\u2019m helping the planet. In your view, what should I be doing instead? <\/strong><br \/>\nCars themselves are the problem and some environmentalists have been pointing this out for decades. Car culture, urban sprawl, parking lots \u2014 these things don\u2019t depend on the fuel that powers the car; they\u2019re consequences of the car itself. People need to recognize that we\u2019re not going to buy our way out of the ecological problems we face. In fact, the opposite is true. As long as we continue to invest in the mindset that produces this culture, that comes out of the idea that factories will save the planet, then we\u2019re going to be led deeper into this mass extinction event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"expandable-content\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wrong Direction: Bright Green Lies THE RECENTLY RELEASED book Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It is designed to disabuse a well-meaning public of the notion that Teslas and wind farms will save the planet. 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