Saving Us
The very best thing that we can do to save our environment to ensure that it is conducive to our continued existence is to stop consuming in excess of equilibrium.To stop consuming we will need to dismantle all the gains of enlightenment; namely technology and trade and probably also democracy.
Which is to say, the relief of man’s estate was only possible by the injury to the environment.
It’s the paradox of the ages; we simply aren’t smart enough to unravel this puzzle.