The reality is that we are witnessing a crisis of civilization that has multiple dimensions: a crisis of ecology, food, care, finance, and as Jose Saramago says, ethics and morality.
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We find ourselves in an economic crisis that is every day growing both more acute and more generalized. Economic crisis is all at once vast and intimate, social and technical, political and personal.
If how we grow and how we eat are emblematic of who we are, as the well-known adage suggests, then we should bear witness to Vandana Shiva's insight that "The hijacking of our food systems is the hijacking of our democracy."
Capitalism is the culprit behind the global warming trend because it is based on endless production of goods and services running on or made up of fossil fuels, which release greenhouse gases when used.