Green transition scheme

I have a very big issue with the whole “green transition” thing and that issue is very simple. We do not need “green” alternatives that wash away our guilt and encourage us to keep consuming.

Lets start with second hand clothing. Second hand clothing is sustainable at first glance, but not if you are still buying more than you need. One option being more sustainable than another one does not make it sustainable.

The tone in this whole “green transition” has a very imperialistic tone to it. We in west have a tendency to blame big corporations and other (southern) countries for global warming. While applauding ourselves for being so sustainable.

We are not sustainable for placing our corporations in the global south. Components in electric cars mined by modern slaves are not sustainable. Driving your electric car to the grocery store 5 minutes away is not sustainable.

There is nothing green in the green transition. When taking ethics, socioeconomic justice, behavioural, and long term environmental effects into mind it becomes a grey brown sludge.

We need to realise that the way we live is by itself harmful to our environment. We need to change our habits, not change our products.

A little ranty I admit, I hope it’s interesting.