Only One Goal: Economic Growth. How Can Environmentalism Survive in the 21st Century?
Author(s)
Giovanni Capulli
ABSTRACT
This paper is aimed to explore environmentalism in the 21st century: this broad philosophy has to overcome its limits in order to survive in a society where there seems to be only one goal, the economic growth. In the first part of the essay, I want to analyze the present condition as a result of a weak environmental consciousness. In the second part of the essay, I want to describe and compare two mainstreams of present environmentalism: de-growth theory and sustainable development.
This paper is aimed to explore environmentalism in the 21st century: this broad philosophy has to overcome its limits in order to survive in a society where there seems to be only one goal, the economic growth. In the first part of the essay, I want to analyze the present condition as a result of a weak environmental consciousness. In the second part of the essay, I want to describe and compare two mainstreams of present environmentalism: de-growth theory and sustainable development.
Cite this paper
Capulli, G. (2015) Only One Goal: Economic Growth. How Can Environmentalism Survive in the 21st Century?. Advances in Applied Sociology, 5, 179-182. doi: 10.4236/aasoci.2015.56017.
Capulli, G. (2015) Only One Goal: Economic Growth. How Can Environmentalism Survive in the 21st Century?. Advances in Applied Sociology, 5, 179-182. doi: 10.4236/aasoci.2015.56017.
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[1] Botkin, D. B. (1990). Discordant Harmonies: A New Ecology for the Twenty-First Century. New York: Oxford University Press. [2] Daly, H. E. (2008). A Steady-State Economy. UK Sustainable Development Commission.
http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/data/files/publications/Herman_Daly_thinkpiece.pdf [3] Georgescu-Roegen, N. (1975). Energy and Economic Myths. Southern Economic Journal, 41, 347-381.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1056148 [4] Latouche, S. (2004). Degrowth Economics: Why Less Should Be So Much More. Paris: Le Monde Diplomatique.
http://mondediplo.com/2004/11/14latouche [5] Latouche, S. (2007). Petit traité de la décroissance sereine. Paris: Mille et une Nuits. [6] Pearce, F. (2008). Confessions of an Eco-Sinner: Tracking Down the Sources of My Stuff (p. 168). Boston: Beacon Press. [7] Schumpeter, J. (1976). Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy (5th ed.). London: Allen and Undwin.