The art of buying groceries

<p>When the feminist and Palestinian activist-designer&nbsp;<strong>Dana Abdulla</strong>&nbsp;spoke about the&nbsp;<strong>contradictions of sustainability</strong>, at&nbsp;<strong>#RSD11</strong>, the yearly convention of the&nbsp;<strong>Systemic Design Association</strong>&nbsp;(I have written more about Dana&nbsp;<a href="https://medium.com/@francis-laleman/can-designers-think-b2a7e22e87e" rel="noopener"><strong>here</strong></a>), the audience was dumbfounded by her arguments. I was there, so I know &mdash; and I thought that what Dana was saying was eye-opening too.</p> <p>It is too easy to go about and speak for a sustainable future. Not taking an airplane, not cutting that tree, not polluting the water. Vandalizing a painting, driving an electric car, calculating carbon footprints, going fully vegan, generating anger, accusing others of&nbsp;<em>blah blah</em>&nbsp;while exempting yourself, always putting the blame on people and things outside of you: all this is too easy.</p> <p><a href="https://francis-laleman.medium.com/the-art-of-buying-groceries-93d5c2e58226"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>