You have to imagine Sisyphe environmentalist, by Philippe Mouche – Liberation

To illustrate the ecological cause and its hazards, it is tempting to summon the myth of Sisyphus. A sisyph who would be doomed to hoist the burden of civilization towards an ideal both sustainable and lasting (sustainable in VO), to see it each time hitting the cruel slope of reality.

The political side seems to validate this metaphor. Thus the workforce of Greens to European Parliament At each election follows a Yo-Yo movement, between 22 deputy at the lowest (1994) and 72 at the highest (2019), to arrive today at 53 out of 720. It will be explained by failed campaigns, the immaturity of the movement or unfavorable contexts. But the regularity of the phenomenon encourages to go further.

For more than half a century, we hear the ecologists repeat that soon it will be too late, like the constantly pushed end of a suspense series. No wonder that impatient spectators grant their remote controls and zap for the fantastic saga Liberal Legend or the recent horror blockbuster The revenge of fachos. For them, either climate chaos is a huge fake news, or we can’t do anything to prevent it. In both cases, you might as well continue to have fun without constraints.

The dream of a quiet « ecologization » of the whole of society turns out to be Chiméri