First step

Talking about a “first step” may seem ambitious. Yet it is not pointless to draw attention to a crucial question: what are the ecopsychological processes that led to the evolution of our civilization towards a planetary ecological impasse?

We do not know much about the reasons why our civilization has embarked on this apparently dead-end path. It is also unclear whether the means used will prevent the descent to hell. It is therefore essential to examine objectively the psychological contingencies which have generated our way of life and which still make us dependants on it today, to the point that we feel that this way of life belongs to the very nature of man.

On the contrary, different reasons suggest that some mental dysfunctions are causing a whole range of false needs. It is by understanding the internal mechanisms of these false needs and their illusory character that one can hope to change the situation. General awareness is essential, and this will only be possible if the problem is explained rationally, scientifically and accessible to the general public.

Yet information must come to all the actors of the debacle if one wants to get a movement together, the only way to stop the spiral. To draw attention to the innovative nature of the approach, by specifying that it is a pioneer in the field, could raise awareness even if it might irritate certain minds…