Sentences with phrase «on a finite planet for»

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The will to utterly waste the most important source of finite fuel on the planet; the will not to use it for the creation of renewable energy sources but instead to power our «4 mile commute to work».

At least seven immense, interdependent threats to the quality of life on spaceship earth continue to escalate: the population explosion; the widening gulf between rich and poor nations; massive malnutrition (caused mainly by economic injustice, which produces maldistribution of available food); environmental pollution and degradation; the depletion of the irreplaceable resources of our finite planet; the growing threat of nuclear terrorism and eventual holocaust (with the equivalent of one and a half million Hiroshima - sized bombs in the arsenals of the world); and the worldwide tendency for the fruits of science and technology to be used without ethical responsibility.

Slated for release in 2013, the new SimCity invites players to grapple with tough choices about energy generation, environmental costs and the responsibilities shouldered by inhabitants of a planet with finite resources — choices faced by real policymakers on the very real planet Earth.

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.

Let us consider that it could become dangerous to life as know it on Earth for the human community much longer to pursue the prized «business as usual» course of the predominant culture: unbridled overproduction, unrestrained overconsumption and unchecked overpopulation because, when these distinctly human activities are taken together, an overpowering force of nature exists that could become unsustainable on the relatively small, evident finite, noticeably frangible planet God blesses us to inhabit and steward, and surely not to overwhelm.

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.

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.

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 approacOn 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 approacon a finite planet and, for those who comment here, trying to maintain a constructive approach.

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).

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.

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

# 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.»

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).

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

At Bard, for certain core assignments, students were divided into groups taking the approaches of different stakeholders in the drama of human development on a finite planet.

The piece focused on Will Wright, the mind behind Spore and The Sims, and solicited questions for Wright as well as others» views on the notion that virtual experiences can help fit infinite human aspirations on a finite planet.

Below there's more background on the song and the video, shot by Craig Duff for The Times, along with some reflections on the shifting meaning of security on a shrinking, finite planet.

«On a finite planet, at human carrying capacity, a society driven mainly by selfish individualism has all the potential for sustainability of a collection of angry scorpions in a bottle.»

It is based on the belief that the world is running out of: · Non-renewable resources of a finite planet; · Space for a population that grows at an exponential rate; · Time to reduce carbon dioxide emissions that will bring climate disruption.

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.

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.

In the long run, for the population on a finite planet, the long run growth rate of any physically meaningful quantity is zero.

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.

Anyone who still clings to the notion that maintaining the «Business as Usual» automobile centric paradigm in which it is necessary for a single occupant to be esconced in a 3000 lb steel shell to travel from point A to point B doesn't yet understand the full implications of physical limits on a finite planet containing 7 billion plus Homo idioticus.

or Infinite Growth on a Finite Planet (Video) Book Review: Prosperity Without Growth - Economics for a Finite Planet Experience the Economics of Happiness at Schumacher College