In this millennial edition of its yearly sober overview of the “State of the World”, Worldwatch, shows us how we can create a sustainable economy in the next century.
“Satisfying the projected needs of eight billion or more people with the economy we now have is simply not possible,” says Lester Brown, president. “The western industrial model – the fossil-fuel-based, automobile-centered, throwaway economy that so dramatically raised living standards in this century – is in trouble.”
“No challenge is greater, or more satisfying, than building an environmentally sustainable global economy, one where economic and social progress can continue, not only in the 21st century, but for many centuries beyond,” Brown concludes.
Another Worldwatch release, “Mind Over Matter”, chronicles the growing movement toward “dematerialization” as a solution to the “unparalleled waste that characterizes this century.”
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