Agire adesso è possibile. Il benessere dell'umanità si può ottenere mettendo in campo opportunità che abbiamo già a portata di mano: tecnologie sostenibili, produzione decentralizzata di energia pulita e abbandono di combustibili fossili.«Le tendenze attuali non sono in alcun modo sostenibili. Una crescita continua secondo i parametri dominanti non può che entrare gravemente in conflitto con i limiti naturali del Pianeta. L'economia, sotto i dettami del sistema fina...

Das Debattenbuch zur Frage des Überlebens der MenschheitIn seinem ersten, weltweit beachteten Bericht zur Lage der Menschheit von 1972 prognostizierte der Club of Rome den ultimativen Kollaps des Weltsystems in den nächsten 50 Jahren. Seitdem hat sich viel verändert. Wir verfügen über genügend neues Wissen für die erforderlichen Veränderungen zum Erhalt unserer Welt. Laufende Trends können aufgehalten und bestimmte Philosophien und Überzeugungen ad acta gelegt werd...

Ci è stato insegnato che dobbiamo consumare per crescere e che dobbiamo consumare senza rallentare. Ci siamo impegnati a fondo nel seguire questa indicazione, e continuiamo a farlo. Non possiamo permettercelo? Nessun problema: il sistema finanziario ci concederà prestiti facili per comprare case, automobili, lavatrici o qualsiasi altra cosa. Dopotutto, è solo quando consumiamo che gli indicatori della crescita puntano verso l'alto e il mondo è felice. Ma la realtà è diversa. La pressione d...

Las tendencias globales actuales no son sostenibles. Así lo ha venido advirtiendo durante largo tiempo el Club de Roma, uno de los laboratorios de ideas más respetados y vibrantes del mundo. Cuando se publicó, hace casi cincuenta años, Los límites del crecimiento, su llamada de atención sobre la falsa convicción de que la economía puede crecer de manera infinita a costa del planeta causó conmoción y, aún hoy, sus conclusiones siguen siendo válidas. Sin embargo, gran parte de las medidas po...

This powerful book shows us that we are in deep denial about the magnitude of the global environmental challenges and resource constraints facing the world. Despite growing scientific consensus on major environmental threats as well as resource depletion, societies are largely continuing with business as usual, at best attempting to tinker at the margins of the problems. The authors argue that regardless of whether governments respond to the economic crisis through additional stimulus pack...

Originally published in 1984 Natural Disasters shows how misleading the term “natural disaster” can be. Forces of nature such as earthquakes, cyclones and extreme variations in weather can trigger disasters, but in many Third World countries it is environmental degradation, poverty and rapid population growth which turn a natural hazard into major disaster. This book questions whether the rich nations’ usual response to disaster – fast, short-lived emergency assistance – is any lo...

The blueprint for an inspiring regenerative economy that avoids collapse and works for people and the planet.Humanity is in a race with catastrophe. Is the future one of global warming, 65 million migrants fleeing failed states, soaring inequality, and grid-locked politics? Or one of empowered entrepreneurs and innovators working towards social change, leveling the playing field, and building a world that works for everyone? While the specter of collapse looms larg...

Current worldwide trends are not sustainable. The Club of Rome’s warnings published in the book Limits to Growth are still valid. Remedies that are acceptable for the great majority tend to make things worse. We seem to be in a philosophical crisis. Pope Francis says it clearly: our common home is in deadly danger. Analyzing the philosophical crisis, the book comes to the conclusion that the world may need a “new enlightenment”; one that is not based solely on doctrine, but instead address...