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Carrying Capacity
The maximum population an environment can support given space and resources
Optimist
Innovation will outpace population growth
Pessimist
Population growth will outpace resourve
Possibilist
It would require effort but there’s a chance,
Thomas Malthus
English economist born 1766, theorised that population grows exponentially while resources grow linearly and therefore inevitably there will be a '_____ian Crisis' when population exceeds resources
Ester Boserup
Danish economist who believed that human technology would keep us from resource population disasters, wrote ‘Conditions of Agricultural Growth’ in 1965
Julian Simon
Economist whose main focus is on human ingenuity. Optimist - believed resources aren't finite and will be recycled... Won bet against Paul Ehrlich concerning future prices of resources, wrote ‘The Ultimate Resource’
Paul Ehrlich
Neo-malthusian view of population vs resources, wrote the book 'The population bomb', warning of the perils of overpopulation
Club of Rome
Group of intellectuals who first met in 1968 in Rome to discuss climate change and global resource potenial; Neo-Malthusians who produced graphs to predict population and resource changes, wrote ‘Limits to Growth’
Resource Stewardship
Responsible planning and management of resources
Circular Economy
preserve and enhance natural capital by controlling natural stocks and balancing renewable resource flow
optimise resource yields by circulating products, materials and components, move away from planned obsolescence to recycling and remanufacturing
develop system effectiveness by eliminating negative externalities such as polluted oceans and climate change
Rent not Buy
Increases incentives to make products that last longer, e.g. Michelin tires
Linear Economy
‘Designed for the dump’, resources are extracted, products are made and sold then thrown away
Tragedy of the Commons
Common resources are often abused and mismanaged
B-Corps
Corporations certified as being ethical, consider impacts of decisions on workers, customers, suppliers, community, environment, e.g. Ben and Jerry’s, Patagonia
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