The art of buying groceries
<p>When the feminist and Palestinian activist-designer <strong>Dana Abdulla</strong> spoke about the <strong>contradictions of sustainability</strong>, at <strong>#RSD11</strong>, the yearly convention of the <strong>Systemic Design Association</strong> (I have written more about Dana <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 — 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 <em>blah blah</em> while exempting yourself, always putting the blame on people and things outside of you: all this is too easy.</p>
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