growth

Economist Doug Reynolds talks about the roots of the current economic crisis.

By advancing our lives in the areas of mind, body, spirit, relationships and environmental awareness we can improve our individual outlook and help the world become an even greater place!

How else will the destructive effects of growth be stopped?

However hard governments might work to reduce carbon emissions, they are battling the tide of economic growth. While the rate of growth in the use of energy declines as an economy matures, no country has yet managed to reduce energy use while raising gross domestic product. A recession in the rich nations might be the only hope we have of buying the time we need to prevent runaway climate change.

The IT industry risks being trapped in a vicious circle where the worldwide growth in the use of computers erodes any gains in lowered carbon emissions from more energy efficient products.

Valuable land, once used to grow food, increasingly converted into suburbia. Where is our food going to come from in the future, China?