Interview with Morag Watson

Education Policy Officer World Wildlife Fund Scotland

Morag Wilson feels that the over consumption of the Earth’s resources is the biggest ecological problem. If everyone in the world consumed like the average Scottish person we would need three planets. She identified the growth economy as contributing to our desire for more. People still judge success through the acquisition of luxury items, bigger house, fancy cars etc.. She spoke about the need to down size, that there is the potential to have a higher quality of life if we create economic and social change.

The WWF is looking at alternative economic models and she has faith in the ingenuity of humans to come up with a system that will be sustainable.

The image that Morag described is a one planet green future. She said it is important to focus on the green and not the grey.