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.

Wednesday, 28 September 2011

Story of stuff

Welcome to my new Year 1 students. This 20 minute video sums up some of the key issues covered by Ecological Economics. Please do watch it and make any comments below. We will be discussing it in class.