Sustainability review
Sustainability Review Test 1
1) Kenneth E. Boulding—“Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth”
English (1910-1993), Professor at U. of Michigan, U of Colorado
Economist, educator, peace advocate, Quaker, systems scientists, interdisciplinary philosopher
We are approaching a closed system and how it is going to be tough for us
Neither receivers inputs nor outputs
i.e. self-contained
Today we are in an open mind approaching a closed one
Morals are keeping us in the open for now
Econospherethe total worth of everything we have
Fossil fuel is buried sunshine
Shift from Cowboy Economy—people believe that there are unlimited shits, i.e. like the wild west to Spaceship Economy
Spaceship Economywe have only brought enough food/resources for the people we are carrying and must make it last for as long as we can
Stresses resource management
Doesn’t really consider environmental impact as much as more about conservation
Focuses more on population vs. environmental impact
Entropy (?)
Spaceman Economy living within our means, don’t worship production vs. costs… more conservation concerned
Fracking is a good example of us still in a cowboy mode although we are shifting toward Spaceman
Reference to Ethics—ethics, it is us, it is a plural term… we have an ethical obligation to think of future generations
Solutions at the end of the article
1) Using taxation to deter others
2) Correction to price system higher price higher quality
3) Legislative action
2) Garrett Hardin: “The Tragedy of the Commons” (1968)
Background:
Lived in US (1915-2003)
Professor Human Ecology at UC Santa Barbara
Known for Hardin’s First Law of Ecology: stating the impossibility of doing merely one thing without reprcussions
Was an American Ecologist who warned of the dangers of overpopulation an whose concept of the tragedy of commons brought attention to “the damage that innocent actions by individuals can inflict on the environment”
Wrote about how planets
1) Kenneth E. Boulding—“Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth”
English (1910-1993), Professor at U. of Michigan, U of Colorado
Economist, educator, peace advocate, Quaker, systems scientists, interdisciplinary philosopher
We are approaching a closed system and how it is going to be tough for us
Neither receivers inputs nor outputs
i.e. self-contained
Today we are in an open mind approaching a closed one
Morals are keeping us in the open for now
Econospherethe total worth of everything we have
Fossil fuel is buried sunshine
Shift from Cowboy Economy—people believe that there are unlimited shits, i.e. like the wild west to Spaceship Economy
Spaceship Economywe have only brought enough food/resources for the people we are carrying and must make it last for as long as we can
Stresses resource management
Doesn’t really consider environmental impact as much as more about conservation
Focuses more on population vs. environmental impact
Entropy (?)
Spaceman Economy living within our means, don’t worship production vs. costs… more conservation concerned
Fracking is a good example of us still in a cowboy mode although we are shifting toward Spaceman
Reference to Ethics—ethics, it is us, it is a plural term… we have an ethical obligation to think of future generations
Solutions at the end of the article
1) Using taxation to deter others
2) Correction to price system higher price higher quality
3) Legislative action
2) Garrett Hardin: “The Tragedy of the Commons” (1968)
Background:
Lived in US (1915-2003)
Professor Human Ecology at UC Santa Barbara
Known for Hardin’s First Law of Ecology: stating the impossibility of doing merely one thing without reprcussions
Was an American Ecologist who warned of the dangers of overpopulation an whose concept of the tragedy of commons brought attention to “the damage that innocent actions by individuals can inflict on the environment”
Wrote about how planets