Flourishing within limits to growth : following nature's way / Sven Erik Jørgensen ...[etal]

Contents



1. Introduction
1.1 Uncontrolled growth
1.2 Different types of quantitative growth
1.3 The content of the book

2. Limits to Growth
2.1The club of Rome
2.2 Doomsday or collapse
2.3 We need to think in system
2.4 Limits to growth is still not accepted politically
2.5 Sustainable development
etc

3. How Nature Flourishes within Limits
3.1 Ecosystem theory
3.2 Ecosytems conserve matter and energy
3.3 There are no trashcans in nature
3.4 All processes result in degradationof work
3.5 All organisms use the same biochemical processse to a large extent
etc
4. How to Adopt Nature's Properties in our Society?
4.1Introduction
4.2 We need a reduce, reuse, and recycle
4.3 We urgently need need a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources
4.4 Shift from quantitative growth to qualitative development
4.5 Changing the scope of economic growth from increase of network
etc

5. Working with a Global Model
5.1 Introduction
5.2 An action plan is urgently needed
5.3 The global model
5.4 Global implementation of a needed action plan
5.5 Examination of of the effects of the six proposed changes
etc

6. To Think Like an Ecosystem is Key to Win-win Outcomes for Humans and Environment
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The proposed paradigm shift-to think like an ecosystem
6.3 Boundaries and modeling strategies
6.4 Real examples where win-win work
6.5 Towards Practical implementation of the presented theory

7. Ecological Footprint
7.1 Growth and ecological footprints
7.2 A biophysics-based vision of sustainability
7.3 The use of resources
7.4 How do we acknowledge the limit to growth
7.5 Estimation of ecological footprint for the scenarios

8. Sustainability
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Different angles on sustainability
8.3 Work energy
8.4 The results of a sustainability analysis
8.5 The results of a carbon cycle model

9. Can We Overcome the Obstacles?
9.1 The obstacles
9.2 Economic models are often misleading
9.3 Additional considerations
9.4 Flourishing within the limits to growth

Includes bibliographical references p 211-213 and indexes p 2016-220