Ecological Economics is about the interaction between humans and the environment via the economy. It starts from the premise that the economy is limited by the constraint of our planet's finite resources. It rejects the mainstream economics goal of continued economic growth and proposes instead a steady state economy.

Friday 18 November 2011

Less Stuff - More Happiness?

This is a great talk by writer and designer by Graham Hill who asks "Can having less stuff, in less room, lead to more happiness?" What do you think?


He also refers to his website lifeedited.org - have a look.



Wednesday 2 November 2011

Our changing planet - ecosystem services




http://www.umac.org/ocp/videos/ecosystemServices.html

This site has an interesting video highlighting our dependence on ecosystem services. Explore the rest of the website too for relevant information about ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration.