Sentences with phrase «on a finite planet @insidenatgeo»

If we are to pull out of the suicide - pact fantasy economy of perpetual, exponential growth on a finite planet, it's time to grow up and move on.

His most recent nonfiction book, on accelerating innovation to overcome environmental and natural resource challenges, is The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet.

Even those who accepted that on a finite planet there must be some limits usually assumed that growth would merely level off as we approached them.

We can not achieve a stable society on a finite planet on the present principle of all consuming as much as we can.

But science says you can't do that on a finite planet.

His works include The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet, Nexus, Crux, More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement and Apex.

A refutation of Jeremy Grantham from Ramez Naan, author of The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet.

Have you guys ever considered, that a sheer profit oriented economic system, guided by an infinite growth paradigm (on a finite planet) will cause more and ever more problems?

As I've written here before, finding and disseminating education methods that foster creative, collaborative and resilient learning and problem solving is a prime path toward fitting human aspirations on a finite planet.

* The phrase — not heard often in these halls — was just one of many signs of the free - wheeling nature of discussions that unfolded in hopes of charting fresh paths toward durable human advancement on a finite planet.

Whether you embrace Ausubel's technology imperative or seek ways to shift human values and norms to fit infinite aspirations on a finite planet (or both, as I do), a thorough look in the mirror appears worthwhile.

Bayer recently made his second trip to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, and I invited him to contribute a «Your Dot» essay on his views of the event, the limits of brainstorming and the path toward progress that fits on a finite planet.

I asked a few folks about facets of this, among them Peter Singer, the ethicist at Princeton who's written for ages on animal rights and environmental values on a finite planet.

I have a long list of improvements I want to make to this blog, both to foster productive discourse and tighten the focus on concrete ways to forge progress on a finite planet and avoid the «nerd loop» that, like most circular entities, leads nowhere.

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.

[At the Climate, Mind and Behavior Conference of the Garrison Institute on Thursday, Clay laid out the logic behind working with big corporations to foster food production that can fit on a finite planet.

Another keystone to better meshing humanity's infinite aspirations with life on a finite planet will be slowly shifting value systems from the foundation up, not through some Beltway debate.

Growth on a Finite Planet — So Far, So Good Is recent human progress won on at the cost of sustained well - being?

Regardless of video viewership, I don't see this approach to activism being a productive way forward on climate and energy, particularly for young people seeking a meaningful role in fostering progress that can fit on a finite planet.

To sustain progress on a finite planet that is increasingly under human sway, but also full of surprises, what is needed is a strong dose of anthropophilia.

There's an awful lot of talk about internalizing externalities as a path to fitting humans» infinite aspirations on a finite planet, but this seems quite hard to carry out in places where this would matter most.

But that line of discourse might — in the long run — chart a more productive path toward human progress on a finite planet.

On Thanksgiving (and Hannukah), here's a quick note — and song — of thanks to you for reading this blog, for attending to the issues and opportunities facing humanity as we come of age on a finite planet and, for those who comment here, trying to maintain a constructive approach.

On a finite planet, where would limitless energy, combined with humanity's infinite aspirations, take us?

But we live on a finite planet: limited resources, limited sinks, limited rates of recovery, limited carrying capacity.

I've been on the road, learning about damaging and sustainable agricultural methods (and a big corn - to - ethanol plant) in Iowa, meeting with hundreds of science - oriented high school students in Houston to discuss energy and innovation and speaking about how new opportunities for globally sharing and shaping insights and information can be a prime route toward sustaining human progress on a finite planet (and on a tight budget).

Here's a little pause, after days focused on numbers (gigawatts of electrical generation, gigatons of emissions, square miles of sea ice), to reflect on the value judgments underlying efforts to mesh boundless human aspirations with life on a finite planet.

In the end, a balance will be needed, involving savings and commerce, if there is a chance of developing economies that function for the long haul, and that can fit on a finite planet.

Here's my talk, «Building the #Knowosphere: How new ways to share and shape ideas can help build durable progress on a finite planet»:

Despite its limitations, the book provides a stimulating blueprint for fostering progress that can fit on a finite planet.

I hope you'll find the interface a useful step on the journey toward building and sharing constructive online discourse on ways to forge progress on a finite planet.

On «Is there deeper concern out there, perhaps, about the viability of an economics driven by the engine of ever - growing consumption on a finite planet?»

We have created a lifestyle that is the envy of the world, emulated almost everywhere, but a growing number of us don't believe that it is sustainable on a finite planet.

Climate change is a subset of the story of our time, which is that we are coming of age on a finite planet and only just now recognizing that it is finite.

# 298 — «I find it interesting that the thing you can least imagine happening is a commitment to degrowth, even though that essentially is just a commitment to words (rather than massive infrastructure buildouts required for a major ramp up of alternatives); and to imagining an economy that can actually be potentially sustained long term on a finite planet.»

I envision more contributions from him here, given how Dot Earth is all about smoothing the path toward more or less 9 billion people on a finite planet.

Here are some end - of - year thoughts on ways to fit human aspirations on a finite planet, expressed during a recent short interview taped while I was participating in this years Business for Social Responsibility (aka BSR) conference (more interviews and talks are here).

Dot Earth began five years and 2,000 posts ago as an open exploration of ways to smooth the human journey in a fast - motion century on a finite planet.

This body of analysis is closely related to the core focus of this blog: finding ways to fit infinite human aspirations (and appetites) on a finite planet.

With appropriate guidance, students can not only develop story - and idea - sharing skills that mesh written and audiovisual output, but put those skills to use even as they learn, potentially playing a role in fostering progress on a finite planet.

Here's a proposed strategy for sustaining human progress on a finite planet, in nine Twitter posts.

Alternatively, we could describe climate change as one aspect of a system of human growth (in population, energy use, resource use, economic activity, etc) and the many ways in which that growth is constrained on a finite planet.

Updated below Through three - plus decades of reporting, I've been seeking ways to better mesh humanity's infinite aspirations with life on a finite planet.

With the 704th post on this exploration of ways to mesh infinite human aspirations with life on a finite planet, I'm taking a break to pick some backyard blackberries (video above; watch in HD mode), go camping on a beach in eastern Long Island and «review the bidding,» as my colleague and friend Cornelia Dean likes to say.

It's just a reality to keep in mind on the path toward fitting human aspirations on a finite planet.

I encourage you to slow down, too, and to celebrate this remarkable moment in our history as a species, as we slowly come to grips with the predicament of trying to mesh infinite aspirations with life on a finite planet.

Yes of course infinite growth is impossible on a finite planet.

It may also mean there's more readiness to embrace complexity and uncertainty instead of trying to downplay these factors when considering ways to foster human progress on a finite planet.

Ramez Naam, the Seattle - based author of «The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas On a Finite Planet,» has supported labeling, saying, among other things:

A quick photographic Earth Day note: Even as societies ponder how to smooth the human journey on a finite planet at the global scale, it doesn't hurt to try to get things reasonably right in our own neighborhoods.