ENVS195 Lecture 3: Lecture 3 ENVS 195
5 Dec 2017
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The idea that we can have infinite economic growth on a finite planet : fundamental flaw in all economic theory. In fact, it"s the system in the painful process of breaking down : we look at individual problems, but all those add up to the fact that our current process is breaking down, interconnected economic global system breaking down. When we feel fear and we feel loss, we are capable of quite extraordinary things . If you see population growth as the problem: Who is responsible? (people mainly from developing countries so we would focus our solutions towards that) Who is responsible? (developed, we overconsume generalized idea) Recognize the idea of personal role we have to see ourselves as a part of the problem: that impacts how we define the problem and what sort of solutions we come up with. These identifications will impact the solutions that you come up with. Palm oil plantations in indonesia consumer (poor people)
