Reflections on Thirty Years of Worldwatching
Gary Gardner
It’s been a fascinating experience watching the human family’s response to the emerging sustainability challenges of the past 30 years. Over a career writing on the topic, largely at the Worldwatch Institute, I marveled at the ingenuity displayed by many changemakers. I also bemoaned the blindness and stubborn resistance to change apparent in many sluggards. Here I reflect on sustainability’s ups and downs over three decades.
My perspective is captured well in the thoughts of 45 climate scientists interviewed recently by The Guardian.