EcoZoic Detroit

First off, I would like to welcome readers to our community. EcoZoic Detroit aims to provide a locally focused informational hub, and to facilitate community-building projects, in order to accelerate cultural transformations toward healthy and sustainable social systems. This is a complex task, and we strive to continually maintain open minds on what these systems might look like. As we explore, we invite you to join us in the conversation around the discovery of innovative long-term solutions to the limits we are currently facing as a society. We believe that such dialogue--informed by time-tested principles of sustainable ecological systems--will allow us to collaboratively design solutions that work for our unique communities.

As concepts and notions related to sustainability and "greening" continue to take root in popular culture, we run the risk of artificially diffusing what underlying truths fuel our societal concern for the ecological health of our planet. A slew of new "environmentalists" are embracing this trend, and jumping on the opportunity to exploit our collective fears for personal financial gain.

"Green-washing" is a serious concern to those of us who hope public awareness is the key to our collective salvation. Many long-time environmentalists and conservationists are overwhelmed by the barrage of rather unsustainable "green" products and services that seem to make others feel slightly more at ease with our collective consumptive habits, distracting from the true breadth and scope of the issue. At the same time, we cannot wait on the sidelines defeated. It is important that we continue to find ways to be a part of this dialogue, and work to direct this continuously expanding conversation towards the seeking of long-term solutions.