Flourishing within limits to growth : following nature's way
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Flourishing within limits to growth : following nature's way
Routledge, 2015
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Other authors: Brian D. Fath, Søren Nors Nielsen, Federico M. Pulselli, Daniel A. Fiscus, Simone Bastianoni
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Description
Decades of research and discussion have shown that the human population growth and our increased consumption of natural resources cannot continue - there are limits to growth. This volume demonstrates how we might modify and revise our economic systems using nature as a model.
The book describes how nature uses three growth forms: biomass, information, and networks, resulting in improved overall ecosystem functioning and co-development. As biomass growth is limited by available resources, nature uses the two other growth forms to achieve higher resource use efficiency. Through a universal application of the three 'R's: reduce, reuse, and recycle, nature thus shows us a way forward towards better solutions. However, our current approach, dominated by short-term economic thinking, inhibits full utilization of the three 'R's and other successful approaches from nature.
Building on ecological principles, the authors present a global model and futures scenario analyses which show that implementation of the proposed changes will lead to a win-win situation. In other words, we can learn from nature how to develop a society that can flourish within the limits to growth with better conditions for prosperity and well-being.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Limits to Growth 3. How Nature Flourishes within Limits 4. How to Adopt Nature's Properties in our Society? 5. Working with a Global Model 6. To Think Like an Ecosystem is Key to Win-win Outcomes for Humans and Environment 7. Ecological Footprint 8. Sustainability 9. Can We Overcome the Obstacles?
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