Ecological Economics is about the interaction between humans and the environment via the economy. It starts from the premise that the economy is limited by the constraint of our planet's finite resources. It rejects the mainstream economics goal of continued economic growth and proposes instead a steady state economy.
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Thursday, 10 October 2013
The Story of Solutions
Here is the Story of Solutions film which came out last week. I really encourage you to watch this and other films in the Story of stuff series (www.storyofstuff.org). Critically consider the ideas.
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better,
closed loop,
disposal,
economic growth,
ethics,
gross national product,
less,
materials economy,
more,
society,
stuff,
sustainability,
waste,
wellbeing
Friday, 18 November 2011
Less Stuff - More Happiness?
This is a great talk by writer and designer by Graham Hill who asks "Can having less stuff, in less room, lead to more happiness?" What do you think?
He also refers to his website lifeedited.org - have a look.
He also refers to his website lifeedited.org - have a look.
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