Deep Sustainability: The UN Sustainable Developmet Goals versus the Unworkable UN System

Abstract

Deep Sustainability refers to integration of human beings into the biosphere of planet Earth through a fundamental transformation of culture, spirit, and civilization, including our ways of doing science, business, education, and commerce. The latest assessment of our planetary environmental situation by scientists and environmental experts paints a frightening picture of the consequences should we fail to reach such a deep level of sustainability. Many of the SDGs such as ending poverty and converting civilization to sustainable extraction production, consumption, transportation and disposal are on the mark, but we have seen that they cannot be achieved under the unworkable UN system. Change the design of the system and you change the likely consequences of the system. It is as simple as that—and as profound as that. The Constitution for the Federation of Earth is a blueprint for human survival and flourishing. It is very brief, concise, and clearly designed. We can replace the unworkable UN Charter with the Earth Constitution and integrate all the valuable agencies of the UN into the emerging world federation. This is the way forward for humanity. Indeed, it is the only way to survive as a species within the limited time-frame available to us. Deep sustainability means real transformation of a broken world system. Deep sustainability means human coherence and synergy for truly addressing our most fundamental problems. Deep sustainability means ratifying the Constitution for the Federation of Earth.