Incremental reform cannot produce sustainability without value-driven lifestyle change

Evidence

Making minor adjustments to environmentally and commercially unsustainable systems will not beget a green future. Achievement of a green future requires major lifestyle changes rooted in shared values linked to incentive systems that make environmentally responsible behavior not only normative but also morally right. Failure to make such changes will pass on to future generations a planet that is much hotter, more crowded, less habitable, poorer in resources and depleted of biodiversity. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2967

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Extends ‘On Sacrifice’ themes: how societies externalize costs onto future generations rather than bearing them morally.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2967
• XREF: connects to: Ecological balance is active work, not a passive resting place — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 320; A green future demands lifestyle changes tied to shared moral values