affronter notre futur

The text calls for political ecology parties to move beyond niche politics and 'green growth' to lead a systemic overhaul of production and consumption. It identifies three primary challenges for progressive green parties: avoiding dilution while leaving opposition roles, building a broad popular base to counter far-right narratives, and creating an inclusive narrative of progress based on non-material abundance. The author critiques the European Green Deal as 'greenwashing' and advocates for Europe as the primary framework for implementing a project of reconciliation and cooperation, provided it moves beyond current institutional agendas.

• The current Western modern model is viewed as incapable of resolving the link between three centuries of linear material progress and the resulting irreversible disruption of natural balances.
• To become a central political force, political ecology must overcome three challenges: exiting the comfort of opposition without losing identity, aggregating a broad popular base to reduce territorial inequalities between provinces and metropolises, and developing an inclusive narrative of progress based on non-material abundance rather than capitalist and patriarchal domination.
• The author characterizes the European Green Deal and the actions of European institutions as 'greenwashing' that fails to address the actual urgency of the climate crisis.
• The document identifies several priority areas for a new ecological project: dismantling the productivist economic model, treating nature as an absolute value, revitalizing democracy, rethinking the roles of the state and market, and developing a positive philosophy of technology.

APA

Standaert, L. (2020). affronter notre futur. Green European Journal. https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/affronter-notre-futur/

Chicago

Standaert, Laurent. affronter notre futur. Green European Journal, 2020. https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/affronter-notre-futur/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Standaert |first1=Laurent |title=affronter notre futur |publisher=Green European Journal |date=11 March 2020 |url=https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/affronter-notre-futur/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{standaert2020affronter, author = {Standaert, Laurent}, title = {{affronter notre futur}}, publisher = {Green European Journal}, year = {2020}, month = mar, url = {https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/affronter-notre-futur/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }