In 1972, a group of researchers published a book titled The Limits To Growth. The first conclusion was The following if The present Growth Trends in world population, industrialisation, pollution, food production, and Resource Depletion continue unchanged, The Limits To Growth on this planet will be reached sometime within The next 100 years. The book sparked a heated debate at The time, but also inspired a generation of scholars who started questioning The benefits of an ever expanding economy. Professorjoan Martinez Alier is considered one of The godfaThers of degrowth and The founder of The Barcelona School of ecological economics. He began writing about The links between The economy and The environment in The 80s. Economic Theory was based just on prices and markets and not on The real substance of The economy, which is The material flows and The energy flows. So my book was doing a Kind Of history of These critiques of The economy, and it was The first book with The title ecologi
We are trying to teach people The importance of building social, economic and environmental links with people around you. So, moving to this project gave me a lot of stability. I know that im going to have here 40 people that will be There for me. It takes two kinds of work. It takes social, political, organisation work, but also it takes a cultural shift. Is it time to embrace more radical solutions . Or are we risking too much . All of our experience historically has been that if The economy shrinks for a period of time, that results in big increases in poverty. I think degrowth, uh, underestimates The power of innovation. Degrowth underestimates The need for Investment And Degrowth underestimates The social feasibility of what They propose. There is no necessary contradiction between social and ecological objectives, i but it does require a pretty radical transformation of The way we think. About The Economy And Structure it. I in 1972, a group of researchers published a book titled
Paris because the Opening Ceremony there is coming to an end, and we are expecting a glorious light show. It is of course known as the city of lights. There are something like 300,000 spectators who have been lining the banks of the seine watching those 10,500 athletes as they head towards the main area. Beautiful site there. I think maybe its even more beautiful because there is so much rain and clouds in paris this evening. Its the city of lights, the damp city of lights, but it still looks gorgeous. Want people enjoying the sights there. We will be bringing you more highlights as and when we get them. President biden has welcomed the arrests of two notorious leaders of mexicos Sinaloa Cartel in texas. Ismael zambada, known as el mayo, was earlier charged by us prosecutors with conspiracy to make and distribute fentanyl, the drug that has been blamed for the us opioid crisis. Arrested with him was joaquin guzman lopez, son of the jailed kingpin El Chapo guzman. The pair were detained
For the remainder of the tournament. Earlier this week, two canadian staff were sent home after a drone was flown over new zealands training, but Canada Soccer says its discovered evidence of previous Drone Use predating the paris games. One of the key pieces of information was the conclusion from Canada Soccer that she needed to be suspended based on their accumulation of facts. Ive seen some of them, some of the information they have. And weve gathered some additional information ourselves that made me conclude that she was highly likely to have been aware of the incidents. Away from the olympics, its been a Topsy Turvy day at edgbaston so far, with ebbs and flows throughout the first two session of the third test between england and west indies. The windies won the toss and elected to bat, then put on 76 for the first wicket, with Kraigg Brathwaite making 61. A flurry of wickets either side of lunch left them 115 5. Jason holder and Josh Da Silva have stopped the rot. At stumps on d
Drama, The Wire has been found dead in new york. The taliban claim theyve captured the final afghan province not yet under their control. They released a video on Social Media showing their flag being raised at the Governors Compound in panjshir province. The leader of the local Resistance Fighters has accused the west of allowing the taliban to advance and called for a national uprising against the taliban. As the fighting dies down, the uns humanitarian envoy has arrived in kabul for talks with the countrys new leadership. Our chief international Correspondent Lyse Doucet reports from kabul. A white flag of victory, the taliban flag. The centre of the scenic Panjshir Valley. This last redoubt of armed opposition, now claimed by the taliban. God is great, their fighters cry. In kabul today, the taliban spokesman had a message for the enemy. Translation we have captured panjshir, with the will of god. We are telling those people who still want to fight, if they want a normal life, they