What is the worlds leading environmental problem?
The models of consumption and non-sustainable production, which affect everything, including income distribution. The world is in a big mess, with economic, environmental, social and political unsustainability, with the recession in the wealthy countries and the financial markets dominating everything, with the unfair division of consumption and income. There are dramatic problems in governance, a political slowness that contradicts the urgency of reality, and it is threatening democracy. We are faced with a crisis of the model of civilization. Q: In this context, what role do the communications media serve? A: They open the doors for society’s awareness and participation, given that there will not be imposed, but rather agreed solutions. But for now the media are not responding to the needs of generating knowledge that would allow society to participate in these decisions. * Mario Osava is an IPS correspondent.
