Sentences with phrase «throwaway economy»

Early Signs of Decline (pdf) Introduction Our Socially Divided World Health Challenge Growing Throwaway Economy in Trouble Population and Resource Conflicts Environmental Refugees on the Rise Mounting Stresses, Failing States Chapter 6 Data (xls)

We know from our analysis of climate change, from the accelerating deterioration of the economy's ecological supports, and from our projections of future resource use that the western economic model — the fossil - fuel - based, automobile - centered, throwaway economy — will not last much longer.

Rethinking the materials economy — Our current «throwaway economy» is not only disrupting our environment, it is also wasting valuable energy and resources.

The throwaway economy that has evolved over the last half - century is an aberration that is now itself headed for the junk heap of history.

The production, processing, and disposal of materials in our modern throwaway economy wastes not only materials but the energy embodied in the material as well.

The other is a lesson in the modern workings of the throwaway economy, that the shoes his company is producing, as in expensive, but made to last a lifetime, have no future and barely a present in a throwaway.

According to Lester Brown, author of the 2003 book, Plan B (and three subsequent updates) and founder of the non-profit environmental think tank, Earth Policy Institute, the plan is based on replacing the fossil - fuel - based, automobile - centered, throwaway economy with a new economic model powered by abundant sources of renewable energy.

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Another man of the cloth who warns of an economy of exclusion and the dangers to the human soul of a throwaway culture where the dignity of labor is not prioritized.