European elections concluded this weekend and one important observation comes out, by simply browsing through the final results. All political parties in the European Parliament looses power over the Greens and “others”. This underlines the fact that our environmental future becomes increasingly important for the public.
You may recall that a similar political trend formed back in the 80s when the first environmental impacts of economic growth affected our quality of life (most important impact being the acid rain in the industrialized countries of the central Europe). However, the political colouring of the environmental movement of that time was absorbed by the political system as soon as the existing political parties adopted environmental policies in their programs. Of course, this may also happen today.
Nevertheless, we should admit the fact that sustainable, environmental friendly growth is a serious alternative that gains awareness throughout the continent, and may simply show the way ahead for the ICT industry.
