Transformation by design, not by disaster!
For decades, we have been living beyond our means, consuming multiples of the metallic, fossil, mineral and renewable resources that the planet can sustainably provide. The costs are borne in particular by the people in the commodity-producing and exporting countries of the Global South as well as future generations who are confronted with destroyed habitats and the threat to their livelihoods, for example by the pollution of drinking water. At the same time, Germany has committed to become climate neutral by 2045, to preserve natural diversity and to almost completely stop using fossil fuels.
This publication is a civil society appeal to reduce primary resource use, supported by numerous organisations and initiatives. We appeal to the federal government to have the courage to change and to overcome party-political boundaries in order not to let this opportunity pass and to initiate a fundamental resource transition as quickly as possible!
