This is a liberal source of news and information. Thus it follows that their coverage of this "Sustainable Planet Forum" reflects this point of view which is essentially that "we [capitalists] can have our cake and eat it too". Because liberal leaning capitalists want desperately to keep their system which provides them with unearned wealth and power, they show up at forums like this to argue that we can have a sustainable planet too.
He said that...the only solution was to grow in a different way – that was what sustainable development meant – and the only institutions who could enable us to do that were major companies, with innovations.He avoids looking squarely at why capitalism cannot do other than it has always done--accumulate more wealth and power in the hands of a few people. The system is designed that way. It's like he thinks that a wolf can be trained to become a vegetarian.
And notice how the Tory spokesman refers back to what he considers "human nature":
Humans are acquisitive; we always have been. It's a fair bet that when we originally crawled out of a cave in prehistory we went looking for stuff to accumulate. Another pelt; a better home; a sharper weapon; a longer stick. Stuff: it's what people like.Of course people like stuff that enhances their lives, builds sustainable communities, and doesn't trash their environments. Is that what capitalism does? Look at the track record. Are we going to keep hoping that it will change into something it isn't until the planet can no longer sustain human life?
