Greenhouse gases
Drivers
Outcomes
Solutions
Consumption
Drivers
Outcomes
Solutions
Per-capita consumption is increasing in U.S.
Positive discount rate (i.e., interest rate) ensures that everything is valued less at a later date than it is valued today, in economic terms
Social classes: about 1 billion of the worlds 6 billion people survive on < $1/day
Human desires and marketing lead to a global-scale tragedy of the commons
Extinction
Drivers
Outcomes
Solutions
Sixth great extinction on earth
Ecological footprint
Homogenization of species composition, cultures, languages as we lose the uncommon ones of each
Ecosystem services: clean air, clean water
Human population
Drivers
Outcomes
Solutions
Over three billion years of life driven by procreation
The role of denial
Developing a planetary ethic
According to E.O. Wilson, the world will be run by synthesizers
Will they recognize and account for the links between environmental protection, social justice, and the human economy?
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