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The Great Simplification – Humanity’s Soul: Life or Growth?
This post from Nate Hagens’ website is a remarkable conversation between Nate and Gaya Herrinmgton Nate’s introduction: The Limits to Growth (LTG) report is one of the most well known assessments of source and sink constraints to human economic aspirations. LTG has been reviewed and updated numerous times over the last 50 years, most recently…
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The economy is shrinking. And everything that depends on it. Including the population.
Lately, I have been listening to Nate Hagen’s weekly podcast, The Great Simplification. He explains that his podcast explores the systems science underpinning the human predicament. Conversation topics span human behaviour, monetary/economic systems, energy, ecology, geopolitics and the environment. The goal of the show is to inform more humans about the path ahead and inspire…
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Herefordshire’s Local Plan: Spatial options consultation: Local plan 2021-2041: How to avoid food poverty: Herefordshire must focus on local food economies
Herefordshire Council’s land use planners have published a document that describes five different options for where growth should be in the county. They ask for views on their ideas. My comments are as follows: The Council’s Local Plan assumes never-ending economic growth. This is wishful thinking. Within a few years, it will be realised that…
