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Moving to a sustainable future will require fundamental changes to our values and social institutions. Fortunately, human systems can change radically almost overnight. The serious obstacle is the dominant mind-set of decision-makers who don't recognize the problem, or see the possible solutions as threatening their short-term interests.

Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe has just been elected president of the Australian Conservation Foundation.

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