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.

Tuesday 30 October 2012

Crisis of Civilization

A past student of mine sent this film to me. The important issues covered, such as the failing policy of economic growth, are highly relevant to my Ecological Economics lectures so I recommend watching it. The Crisis of Civilization is a remix documentary feature film investigating how global crises like ecological disaster, financial meltdown, dwindling oil reserves, terrorism and food shortages are converging symptoms of a single, failed global system.
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Tuesday 9 October 2012

Living Planet Report 2012

Living Planet Report 2012

This is a recent report by WWF which gives a good indication of the pressure being put on our planet. Think about this in terms of the 'throughput' we discussed in class.
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