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Why do we call developed countries „developed“?
If they still need to grow indefinitely, why are they „developed“?
Shouldn’t we call them „insatiable“ countries instead?
#growth #degrowth #postgrowth #overshoot #Development #sustainability #infinity
"Many #degrowth scholars focus on capitalism as the cause of ecological overshoot. But many civilisations destroyed ecosystems to the point of #collapse long before capitalism became our dominant economic model.
From an ecologist’s perspective, degrowth is inevitable. Many species #overshoot their environment’s carrying capacity if they have temporary access to an unusually high level of resources. Returning to more stable levels often involves large-scale starvation and die-offs as populations adjust.
Access to fossil fuels has allowed us to temporarily overshoot biophysical limits. This lifted our demands on the biosphere past the level it can safely absorb. Barring a planned reduction of those biosphere demands, we will experience the same “adjustments” as other species."
https://theconversation.com/critics-of-degrowth-economics-say-its-unworkable-but-from-an-ecologists-perspective-its-inevitable-211496
From an ecologist’s perspective, degrowth is inevitable. Many species #overshoot their environment’s carrying capacity if they have temporary access to an unusually high level of resources. Returning to more stable levels often involves large-scale starvation and die-offs as populations adjust.
Access to fossil fuels has allowed us to temporarily overshoot biophysical limits. This lifted our demands on the biosphere past the level it can safely absorb. Barring a planned reduction of those biosphere demands, we will experience the same “adjustments” as other species."
https://theconversation.com/critics-of-degrowth-economics-say-its-unworkable-but-from-an-ecologists-perspective-its-inevitable-211496
Critics of ‘degrowth’ economics say it’s unworkable – but from an ecologist's perspective, it’s inevitable
Access to fossil fuels allowed humanity to overshoot Earth’s biophysical limits. The crises we now face are all symptoms of this overshoot, and the only fix is to cut our demands on the biosphere.The Conversation