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principles of Stockhome Conference,
Three of the principal points of contention between economics and sustainability can be set out as follows:,
2 questions: (
how can we grow on a finite world?,
when will we have enough?),
'ecological footprint', developed in Canada in the 1990s by Mathis Wachernagel and William Rees.,
Brundtland Report (
"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains within it two key concepts:
- the concept of needs, in particular the essential needs of the world's poor, to which overriding priority should be given; and
- the idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organization on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs."
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The only possible definition of sustainability is the ability to be sustained or to continue into the indefinite future,
The planet earth, after all, is unavoidably finite. Admittedly, it receives energy from the sun - roughly 7000 times the amount of energy we consume each year.,
either we try to deal with the problems caused by trying to grow in a finite world, or we must confront the problems caused by trying to live within our means.,
the oceans provide around 1000 million tonne of wild seafood a year, or 140kg a year for every man, woman and child on earth.,
This book only considers environmental sustainability, not economic or social.,
"everything is connected to everything else" - Barry Commoner)