Flourishing Within Limits to Growth

<p>Decades of research and discussion have shown that the human population growth and our increased consumption of natural resources cannot continue – there are limits to growth. This volume demonstrates how we might modify and revise our economic systems using nature as a model. </p><p>The book describes how nature uses three growth forms: biomass information and networks resulting in improved overall ecosystem functioning and co-development. As biomass growth is limited by available resources nature uses the two other growth forms to achieve higher resource use efficiency. Through a universal application of the three ‘R’s: reduce reuse and recycle nature thus shows us a way forward towards better solutions. However our current approach dominated by short-term economic thinking inhibits full utilization of the three ‘R’s and other successful approaches from nature. </p><p>Building on ecological principles the authors present a global model and futures scenario analyses which show that implementation of the proposed changes will lead to a win-win situation. In other words we can learn from nature how to develop a society that can flourish within the limits to growth with better conditions for prosperity and well-being.</p>