This weblog explores the transition to a sustainable
future on our finite planet.
Exploring the Transition to a Sustainable
Future on a Finite Planet To prosper for very much longer on the changing Earth humankind will need to move beyond its current fossil - fueled civilization toward one that is sustained on recycled materials and renewable energy.
Not exact matches
Disclosure Note I'm
on the Interim Engagement Committee of
Future Earth (a voluntary position), which is a new international hub for coordinating interdisciplinary research aimed at fostering sustainable human progress
on this
finite planet.
We live
on a
finite planet, so growing indefinitely into the
future is not possible.
The combination of these factors is likely to have far reaching and long - lasting consequences for our
finite planet and will impact
on future generations as well as our own.
But whether this sustainability will work for 50 or 100 years or whether it will last for 500 or 1,000 years into the
future depends
on shared awareness that the
planet is
finite.