Socially Sustainable Economic Degrowth. Leida Rijnhout, Thomas Schauer (Eds.)
Degrowth Thomas Schauer: The global economy has been growing for decades with a high speed, largely ignoring the warnings of "The Limits to Growth", the first report to the Club of Rome by Donella Meadows, Dennis Meadows and Jorgen Randers in 1972. But in a limited system, unlimited growth is
Degrowth Thomas Schauer: The global economy has been growing for decades with a high speed, largely ignoring the warnings of "The Limits to Growth", the first report to the Club of Rome by Donella Meadows, Dennis Meadows and Jorgen Randers in 1972. But in a limited system, unlimited growth is impossible. It has to come to an end, the question is just when and how. These was the topic which was discussed at a workshop in the European Parliament on April 16th, 2009, hosted by MEP Bart Staes and The Greens / European Free Alliance. ............................................................. Contents .............. Preface Joan Martinez Alier Options for Socially Sustainable Economic Degrowth François Schneider Sustainable Degrowth of Production and Consumption Capacities Francine Mestrum Degrowth or Reduction of the Ecological Footprint in Order to Fight Poverty Stefan Giljum Resource Use and Ecological Limits to Growth, Implications for De-Growth Raoul Weiler Limits to Waste and Sinks: De-Growth [De-Growth: an inconvenient truth!]