Herman Daly warned of
this difficulty decades ago.
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| Herman Daly wrote about our need for a Steady State Economy back in the 1970s. |
The American ecological economist and professor at the
School of Public Policy of University of Maryland in the United States and
former Senior Economist in the Environment Department of the World Bank
understood the difficulties brought on by unlimited growth.
Daly, who warned of pushing the earth too far, was one of
the prime movers in narrative about the need for a Steady State Economy – an idea
that was about sustainability, but one that has largely been ignored.
Subsequently, a combination of ignorance and arrogance about
the need for sustainability and our insistence on endless growth has brought the
conclusion predicted by Daly.
Today’s Melbourne Age
tells us that: “Human activity has pushed Earth beyond four of nine 'planetaryboundaries', scientists warn”.
“At the rate things are going, the Earth in the coming
decades could cease to be a "safe operating space" for human beings,”
The Age reports.
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