Rethinking the System - Time To Act Now: A Documentary series

Published on February 12, 2022

ReGeneration 2030

On October 20th 2021, ReGeneration 2030 released a series of documentaries, covering three different aspects of sustainability. These are economic, environmental, and social sustainability.

"Citizens as consumers have a profound effect on how we shape society. The daily choices we make and how we design our lives are directly linked to how we use resources and impact ecosystems across the globe. Consumption is the main driver of economic growth while increasing consumption is also the main cause of global challenges we face today."

This documentary series from ReGeneration 2030 aims to highlight the power individuals have, in their role as consumers, to change how organisations function and to make sustainability the goal.

The first episode of the documentary is dedicated to economic sustainability. The speakers Annika Lepistö, Amanda Borneke, Liisa Aavik and Robert Peter claim that the linear economy is extremely harmful to both nature and the people. Because of that, there is an urgent need to change the whole understanding of economics and economic growth.

The following episode of the documentary series covers the topic of environmental sustainability. In this part, young people address that we, as a society, are responsible for rapid climate change, which is happening at the moment. Therefore we need to rethink the structure of our system and the ways it functions currently. The speakers Liam McGill, Jessica Brunnberg, Hanna Nyström, Wilma Johansson, Jack Hancock, and Annika Lepistö encourage the society to bring themselves for a change and, most importantly, not to be afraid to make it imperfectly.

The final episode of “Rethinking the System - Time To Act Now'' is about social sustainability. Youth representatives highlight social sustainability as one of the fundamental components of the system that we function in today. Contemporary society needs to address inequality and start making critical decisions in everyday life for the system to become socially sustainable.

Read the article in full here, with access to all three short documentaries: https://www.regeneration2030.org/post/documentary-series-rethinking-the-system-time-to-act-now