Here is a fantastic presentation from Dr David Suzuki, about why our obsession with economic growth is suicidal. Watch it – it’s pretty powerful stuff.
He’s the keynote speaker at the Green’s Conference on Sustainable Economics. His key theme is that our obsession with growth is suicidal. We have a limited amount of resources, and if we keep growing our population, and/or growing our economies – they’ll all be used up.
We need a new way of thinking, that’s not the more, more, more of consumerism. We have so much wealth already, more won’t make us happier – although if we spread the wealth more equitably that will. We need to reign in the avarice and get on with enjoying life…
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