A few quick suggested green reframes:

1) ‘Sustainability’ > One-planet-living.
[The terms ‘sustainability’ is vague; ’One-planet living’ is not]
2) ‘Sustainable development’ > Limits to growth; steady-state / dynamic-equilibrium economy.
[’Sustainable development’ is basically a nice way of saying ‘economic growth’; and is unbelievably hubristic (are we really a model? Have we really developed?]
3) ‘The environment’ > Ecosystems, ecology; the Earth / our living planet (thoughNOT ecosystem-services).
[’The environment’ is not us. WE need to be a part of what we are saving.]
4) ‘Human being’ > Human animal / humanimal.
[We need to remind ourselves constantly that we are animals too. (How do you like my neologism, ‘humanimal’?)]
5) ‘Future generations’ > Future people.
[See my recent article in THINK for why…]
Seems to be massive support
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