The term Sustainable Development seems to me to be almost a contradiction in terms. One dictionary gives the definition of “development” as “the act or process of developing; growth; progress”. In a finite world, how can growth be sustainable? Isn’t it possible that human population already passed the world’s carrying capacity, and world leaders should be talking about shrinking instead of growing?This writer is no radical, but for many people the contradictions between a growth based system like capitalism and a finite planet are becoming too obvious to ignore.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
RIO+20 Talks Need to Consider Physical Limits
Click here to access article by Gail Tverberg from Our Finite World.