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Seeing a sustainable future - Alex Steffen

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Worldchanging.com founder Alex Steffen argues that reducing humanity's ecological footprint is especially vital now, as the western consumer lifestyle spreads to developing countries.

If our primary answer to the problem of climate change is clean energy generation, Steffen says “we’re setting ourselves up not to solve it.” Why does he feel this way, and do you think his argument is compelling?

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