When Enough is Enough

When Enough is Enough Retired Educator If, as a society, we hope to transition towards a sustainable future, the concept of “enough” is a concept that will need to become an ever increasing part of our life – of our living. It is quite understandable that as our numbers increase we might need to increase goods and services in order to get by. Whenever we participate in bringing new life – a new baby – into this world, it means that household now is consuming more than it did before. And in situations where people are experiencing abject poverty – not having access to basic human needs – it will of course be necessary to ramp up consumption in order to live in a sustainable manner. The argument can certainly be made that this increase in consumption it unavoidable.