Corona opportunity for Sustainable Development Goals:
World health is shaking, world economy is shaking, climate is shaking, biological diversity is shaking: What if we manage to see connections, interlinks? Has all this something to do with the way human relates to nature? Is it a time for reflection? What if all 17 of the sustainable development goals are interlinked? Some days ago many thought climate was the main issue. Suddenly corona and good health and well-being for all became most important. What if they are interlinked?
When economy now changes because of corona, there will come investments and building up afterwards: A great opportunity for investment – may be qualitatively much more climate and nature friendly system – in stead of re-investing in old outdated climate and ecosystem unsustainable production and comsumption pattern.
The United Nation’s 17 sustainable development goals are:
1.No poverty, poverty aleviation, just delivery
2.Zero hunger
3.Good health and well-being
4.Quality education
5.Gender equality
6.Clean water and sanitation
7.Affordable and clean energy
8.Decent work and economic growth, circular economy
9.Industry, innovation and infrastructure
10.Reduced inequalities, wealth redistribution, taxation
11.Sustainable cities and communities
12.Responsible production and consumption
13.Climate action, below 1.5 Celsius global warming by 2030
14.Life below water, plastic reduction and recycling
15.Life on land, biodiversity in food production
16.Peace, justice and strong institutions, dialogue. Truth, flexibility, inclusion, respect – co-create
17.Partnerships for the goals, cooperate, co-create, synergy
Corona and climate
Corona is about: 3.Good health and well-being. Creating good health – has to be done together with - climate action - and biological diversity on land and in sea - and reducing inequalities – and peace and justice and strong institutions with listening dialogue that builds trust.
Nature is the basis
Planetary boundaries are the ecosystems that are basis for society and upon that is economy. The three areas of sustainability is ecological at the bottom – social sustainability for people and relations between people in society – and upon that is economical sustainability. Economy has in a strange way become the aim of society. Gross domestic product, economic growth, global free market are becoming the aim of society.
An alternative is that needs of nature are boundaries human society has to respect and adapt to. Secondly the organisation of circulation of materials between human and nature has to follow and be within the limits of nature. Thirdly the economic system is only a tool to satisfy needs of people – and has to respect, adapt to and happen within the barriers of nature and ecosystems.
System errors have to be solved as system level change
When corona stops much of societies: Use the time to think and create new system solutions!
Solve corona treath in ways that improve climate. Change into total economic and material de-growth. Change from overproduction and overconsumption to satisfy needs of people and nature. Reduce inequalities and redistribute from the super rich 1-10% of population, and close down tax heavens. Redistribute so every person get a basic wage to live descent on. Tax on fossile fuels and scarce materials. Polluter pay principle means envirnmental and social workers vages have to be accounted and built into the price of production. You have even more good ideas!
Relax and find deep inner values
When we susbstitute economic growth with well-being and happiness index – we need to listen to our inner deep values. In stead of own much to show social status – we may relax and find inner values as include, share, cooperate, help others, show kindness, compassion, peace. Create common solutions, safety nets, create hope that spreads enthusiasm. Have fun and humour that increase quality of life and prolonges life.
Listen to wholeness system balance
Your inner values happens to be in your salience brain network, your wholeness system balance brain network. This is also where you may get access to balance between your thinking - and feeling, fantasy, imagination. To get access to this wholeness balance perspective allows you to see system solutions. It also allows you to to find your deep inner values that make you happy. To access to the overview bird persective and see the wholeness is a next level lafter corona, climate, inequality, nature diversity crises.
There is no alternative?
Back to business as usual – is easy to adapt to. But there are alternatives. That may be easier to see as we are in the bottom of corona crisis. Grasp these alternatives and make them happen! You have no chance – grasp it!
Do you want to experience a uncommitted session on corona, sustainable development goals and system solutions – please contact helge.christie@gmail.com
Resources:
My book on creativity: Kreativ i ekstremvær:
https://www.helgechristie.com/butikk/helge-christies-15-bok-kreativ-i-ekstremvr-e-bok