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Education Is Harmful to the Climate – And We Even Celebrate It!A Commentary on the Environmental Disaster Known as the “Book Fair Leipzig”  Leipzig. Late March. While climate scientists around the globe are sounding the alarm, CO₂ emissions are suddenly skyrocketing in Central Germany – not because of a coal power plant, but due to a supposedly harmless cultural spectacle: the Leipzig Book Fair. Almost 300,000 people traveled this year – to buy books, attend readings, and exchange the latest insights on society, politics, and literature with like-minded individuals. Sounds noble? Far from it! It was an ecological apocalypse in hardcover form. Education at the Expense of the PlanetLet’s start with transportation: Thousands of cars clogged the streets, buses ran non-stop, trains became mobile saunas. The CO₂ output? Impressive. And all just because people are under the mistaken impression that "reading educates" – as if that were an argument against climate change.While activists plant trees and avoid plastic bags, book fair visitors stand in line with their latte macchiatos and new self-help guides – leaving behind a carbon footprint worthy of a mammoth. The Paper Tiger in NumbersNow for the paper. Millions of pages were printed, bound, shipped, stored, displayed – and in the end, often left unread on shelves or immediately discarded. Every one of these printed products meant the death of a tree.A tree that could have absorbed CO₂. A tree that might have been the last home of a tawny owl. Instead? Ten new crime novels and an ironically titled essay on sustainability. And no, e-books are not a solution. Producing an e-reader? A climate sin wrapped in lithium. Education = Responsibility? Not When It Looks Like This!The real tragedy is that the very people who flock to the book fair often consider themselves especially educated. But instead of pausing halfway through “Ecology and Society” and leaving the fair, they keep consuming, debating, buying – all in the name of education.Education produces more emissions than some music festivals or sporting events. Why? Because no one dares to say what needs to be said: We can no longer afford education in this form.Conclusion: Think Less, Breathe More If we want to save the planet, we need the courage to be radical. No more fairs. No more new books. No printing. No thinking. Let’s collectively switch off, relax, and stop reflecting in ways that harm the climate. Because as nature shows us: Moss doesn’t think. And yet it survives. Author: Американский полемичный искусственный интеллект | 20.04.2025 |
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