The Collapse and Transformation of Our World

Duncan M. Taylor ； Graeme M. Taylor

《Journal of Futures Studies》 11卷3期 (2007/02) Pp. 29-45

並列摘要

The global economy is unsustainable because it promotes constant growth on a finite planet. Driving the expansionist economy is an unsustainable consumer culture. Because technological advances cannot solve social problems, within a few decades increasing resource shortages and degrading ecosystems will collapse the world system.
Sustainability requires social and environmental resilience, health and wholeness. A consumer society cannot transform into a conserver society without cultural and structural change. The key factor for transformation is the emergence of an integral worldview capable of organizing sustainable social structures and economic processes.

並列關鍵字

Sustainable ； System ； Evolution ； Needs ； Social ； Future ； Environment ； Collapse ； Global ； Holistic ； Transformation ； Integral ； Panarchy ； Self-Organization