The Great Debate Green Phoenix Festival programme
Limits to Growth in 21st Century
Video of discussion held as part of
The Great Debate Green Phoenix Festival Programme
Sunday, 22 August 2010
Sponsored by The Policy Press
The 1972 Club of Rome report The Limits to Growth
warned that oil was running out and that more generally
the resources we use were going to become increasingly scarce.
Nearly forty years later many of the projections in this ground
breaking report have proved greatly exaggerated yet the sense that
limited resources represent one of the most important challenges
to humanity is stronger than ever. Today the term ‘unfettered growth’
is often used with disdain, and those who argue for continued growth
are accused of encouraging greed, damaging the environment and
widening social inequalities. So, what are the limits to growth that
we face today? Are they social or natural? Should we accept them or
attempt to transcend them?
What sort of world do we want for present and future generations?
Speakers:
Daniel Ben-Ami,
author Cowardly Capitalism,
Ferraris for All: In Defence of Economic Progress
Richard Dyer,
Transport and Climate Campaigner, Friends of the Earth
Phil O'Keefe, Professor
of Economic Development and Environmental Management,
University of Northumbria
Chair: Dave O'Toole
Part of the North East Education for Sustainable Development
initiative
in association with
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