• The climate crisis is seen as a problem requiring a solution rather than a symptom of overshoot.
  • Capitalism, powered by cheap and abundant fossil energy, has resulted in unprecedented and global disruption of the biosphere.
  • At least 30-50% of the biosphere should be reserved as wilderness to protect other species and global ecosystems.
  • Humanity’s ecological footprint has exceeded the biosphere’s biocapacity since 1970 and is currently almost twice the sustainable level.
  • The degrowth movement aims to reduce energy and material consumption to operate within the Earth’s carrying capacity.
  • w2qw@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Degrowth is too pesimistic for me. The EU has shown you can reduce carbon emissions while increasing GDP we just need the right incentives.

    Historically too without the Haber process we would be able to support the current population on the Earth today but we can as a result of it.