You can access the special report ("How Our Economy is Killing the Earth")
at <
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026786.000-special-report-how-our-economy-is-killing-the-earth.html>
. The introductory paragraphs:"THE graphs climbing across these pages (see graph, right<http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/mg20026786.000/mg20026786.000-1_1701.jpg>, or explore in more detail<http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/dn14950-special-report-the-facts-about-overconsumption.html>) are a stark reminder of the crisis facing our planet. Consumption of resources is rising rapidly, biodiversity is plummeting and just about every measure shows humans affecting Earth on a vast scale. Most of us accept the need for a more sustainable way to live, by reducing carbon emissions, developing renewable technology and increasing energy efficiency. "But are these efforts to save the planet doomed? A growing band of experts are looking at figures like these and arguing that personal carbon virtue and collective environmentalism are futile as long as our economic system is built on the assumption of growth. The science tells us that if we are serious about saving Earth, we must reshape our economy. "This, of course, is economic heresy. Growth to most economists is as essential as the air we breathe: it is, they claim, the only force capable of lifting the poor out of poverty, feeding the world's growing population, meeting the costs of rising public spending and stimulating technological development - not to mention funding increasingly expensive lifestyles. They see no limits to that growth, ever." Jane On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 4:11 AM, Ashwani Vasishth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This email message is a notification to let you know that > a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the envecolnews > group. > > File : /Getting_to_Green_Growth.doc > Uploaded by : ashwanivasishth > <<mailto:ashwani.vasishth%40gmail.com<ashwani.vasishth%2540gmail.com> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Description : New Scientist Special Report On Alternatives to Conventional > Economic Growth > > You can access this file at the URL: > < > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/envecolnews/files/Getting_to_Green_Growth.doc > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/envecolnews/files/Getting_to_Green_Growth.doc > > Regards, > > ashwanivasishth > <<mailto:ashwani.vasishth%40gmail.com<ashwani.vasishth%2540gmail.com> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > __._,_.___ > > To subscribe to this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For more options, go to: > > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/envecolnews/> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/envecolnews/ > < > http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkdDQyOGcxBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzk0OTE0MjkEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1NzI0ODc0BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxMjI0MzE2NzMx > > > -- ------------- Jane Shevtsov Ecology Ph.D. student, University of Georgia co-founder, <a href="http://www.worldbeyondborders.org";>World Beyond Borders</a> Check out my blog, <a href="http://perceivingwholes.blogspot.com";>Perceiving Wholes</a> "Political power comes out of the look in people's eyes." --Kim Stanley Robinson, _Blue Mars_ -- ------------- Jane Shevtsov Ecology Ph.D. student, University of Georgia co-founder, <a href="http://www.worldbeyondborders.org";>World Beyond Borders</a> Check out my blog, <a href="http://perceivingwholes.blogspot.com";>Perceiving Wholes</a> "Political power comes out of the look in people's eyes." --Kim Stanley Robinson, _Blue Mars_
