Sustainable way of life and environmental chaos: a textual analysis of an expert panel held at Brazilian meeting of alternative communities

Abstract

This study of the views of Brazilian experts on Sustainable Way of Life corroborates the idea that a capitalist model – based on consumption, linear production systems and disconnected with nature – has made the city way of life unsustainable. It also suggests that these struggles point to a move from urban environmental chaos to a new reality, as well as the difficulties in making it happen. As a confrontation with chaos, a new order represents a different way of reorganizing oneself and the group, in search of a new social and environment ideal reconnected and inspired by virtuous cycles as seen in nature.