The endless pursuit of economic growth is making us unhappy and risks destroying the Earth's capacity to sustain us. The good news is that taking steps to make our lives more sustainable will also make us happier and healthier. Would you like a four day weekend - every week?
I've been to two conferences over the last year with similar basic premises. The first was at the Australian National University on ecological economics and the second, just last week, was on steady state economics at the University of New South Wales. The premise sitting behind both of these conferences is simple and undeniably true yet undermines so much that is fundamental to our current way of life: We live on a finite planet. That's it. How, you might wonder, can such a simple statement of obvious fact undermine the tenets of modern society? full: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/13/do-we-dare-to-question-economic-growth?CMP=soc_567 Mike B) -- Wobbly times http://wobblytimes.blogspot.com.au/ _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
