Mike Nickerson has spent 35 years studying cultural evolution and communicating the sustainability message. His writings include: Bakavi: Change the World I Want to Stay On (1977), Let's Talk About Sustainability (1987), Planning for Seven Generations (1993) and the newly released Life, Money & Illusion: Living on Earth as if we want to stay.

With Life, Money & Illusion in hand to provide details, Nickerson is now on a cross country tour introducing the Question of Direction. The program encourages people to think and talk about changing customs and institutions that aim for and benefit from material expansion, to ones capable of maintaining long-term well-being while decreasing impacts on the planet and each other. Nickerson contends that when, as a society, we wholeheartedly choose the new direction we will find ourselves moving toward a promising future.

Life, Money & Illusion: Living on Earth as if we want to stay

Now that all the politicians are singing the green tune, it is important to know what the lyrics mean. The song is an epic piece about the maturation of the human species.

For a hundred thousands years, the Earth has provided us with a practically infinite environment into which to grow. Today we have grown so big that we are overwhelming our planet. It is now time to acknowledge that we have reached maturity and to accept the responsibility that comes with that power.

Mike Nickerson, author of Life, Money & Illusion: Living on Earth as if we want to stay, will talk about the challenge of transforming age old customs and institutions, which work to stimulate growth, into new forms that respect planetary limits and will enable secure, fulfilling lives for generations to come.

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