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'We would need multiple Earths to sustain that kind of consumption'
MATT TRINDER spoke to DR JASON HICKEL about his groundbreaking Sustainable Development Index that has seen socialist Cuba recognised at last for its low-impact prosperity
Flamingos fly at Rancho Luna nature reserve, Cuba
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“THERE’S been next to no coverage in the mainstream corporate media. That doesn’t surprise me.”
When the Star reported on the launch of anthropologist Dr. Jason Hickel’s Sustainable Development Index (SDI) in November, the fact that Cuba was ranked as the most sustainably developed country in the world, 131 places ahead of Britain, prompted a huge reaction on social media, and the story was picked up by many media outlets across Latin America and the global South.
But it was largely ignored by corporate media at home. Why? For Hickel the reason was clear.
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