by Christopher Van Buren
You’re about to start hearing people in the green movement talk about the new green movement, or Green 2.0. It’s what happens when movements or industries mature…they move into new phases of their evolution. The 1.0 phase of the green movement ended with the publicity surrounding those hacked email files from the Climate Research Unit (CRU), bringing to light the fact that global warming, while it’s very much happening on Earth, is actually a natural phenomenon. All those programs to curb carbon emissions were just full of hot air, it seems. Well, most phases when they end, they end in crisis of some kind.

So Green 2.0 begins…focusing on the truths that persist regarding pollution, environmental toxins, malnutrition, and loss of animal and plant species. Most of these problems stem from commercial interests. No more boogy man. No more blame. The 2.0 movement brings the problems of the world right to our own lifestyles. Our own choices as consumers.

In some ways…what with 2012 just around the corner…perhaps we’re watching more than just a new green movement. Maybe we’re witnessing the move into Earth 2.0 or Human Being 2.0. Just about every aspect of life is on the brink of change, can you feel it…from financial and economic structures to the way we connect and interrelate to each other? We’re moving toward a new way of living on the planet.

Will it be an era of cooperation, love and healing? Will we leave behind the paradigms of domination, ego, and self-preservation?

I can’t wait to see how it all turns out. Meanwhile, I’m planning my own Life 2.0 changes: more yoga & meditation practice, more separation from my thoughts, more understanding of my relationships.

What are you planning for yours?