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Techno-Crate indeed has a strong vested interest in continuing the status quo. It is important for ecological and justice– equity movements to have a strong peace and demilitarization angle, along with ongoing dialogue on how ecological and socio-economic security are much better ways to secure populations than the military. Public apathy and attitudes: Decades of the current system have created a sense of apathy or helplessness, or worse, have co-opted the public into believing that salvation lies in unending consumption. Even the oppressed dream the same dreams as their oppressors. Much sensitization work is needed by civil society and governments to create mass public awareness of the abyss we are falling into, and of the need to explore different pathways towards genuine human well-being. • Review of current macroeconomic as a whole. It will need to do so in To move towards a post-2015 and political governance structures, partnership with other countries, and framework that integrates ecological assessment of current levels of within the context of evolving global sustainability, human security and ecological unsustainability, and frameworks. Still, it cannot simply be a equity, few important steps have to be related human insecurity and recipient of these frameworks. It must considered: inequity, using tools such as those be one of the champions of new global • Assessment of various visions and listed above, and delineation processes towards sustainability and frameworks being proposed globally of specifc macroeconomic and equity, pushing especially the vision or in individual countries, from governance changes needed to of earth, and within that, humanity, as which India could learn, adopt, and move towards a framework of one, even while respecting the diversity evolve its own framework as suitable sustainability. of peoples and communities within this for its ecological, cultural, economic • Discussion on new framework at whole. So even as the above exercise and political context. political levels, including in relevant is carried out for domestic purposes, • Consolidation of information already parliamentary standing committees, at the international level India and available on trends in sustainability towards a political commitment in its communities must also advocate a and unsustainability (such as those the National Development Council to central focus on sustainability, along on use of agricultural chemicals, or conceptualize the 13th Five Year Plan with human security and equity for air pollutants, in Roy and Chatterjee within this framework. the global post-2015 framework. 2009; on forest cover,carbon It is very unlikely that the Given that ecological collapse and emissions, drinking water and Indian government will on its own global inequities will most seriously sanitation in GOI 2011; on energy move towards a radically different impact people in countries like India, intensity of industries in Rao et al framework than the one currently such advocacy is not only to show 2009, and so on). in operation. There is a crucial role its responsibility towards the earth, • Initiation of public discussions and for people’s movements, civil society and indeed all humanity, but also to consultations involving all sections, organizations, academic think-tanks, safeguard the interests of the peoples particularly local communities, in and progressive political leaders to and nature it harbors. BE rural and urban areas to expand the push it in this direction. understanding of the fundamental Moreover, it should be obvious that References http://www.oxfamindia.org/sites/default/fles/ problems with the current system, as India cannot forge such paths alone, not Working%20paper%2016_0.pdf also to generate inputs to the post- least because of the incredibly complex http://mospi.nic.in/mospi_new/upload/MDG_ 2015 framework at both national ways in which it is already intertwined pamphlet29oct2013.pdf http://www.in.undp.org/content/india/en/home/ and global levels. with other nations and with the earth mdgoverview/overview/mdg7/ PG 130 Built Expressions Vol: 3 Issue: 11 November 2014