Comments on: “Sustainability” as more than a political buzzword http://sedgemore.com/2009/09/sustainability-as-more-than-a-political-buzzword/ physicist, journalist and science writer Mon, 21 May 2012 03:14:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Francis Sedgemore http://sedgemore.com/2009/09/sustainability-as-more-than-a-political-buzzword/comment-page-1/#comment-4150 Francis Sedgemore Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:59:27 +0000 http://sedgemore.com/?p=5286#comment-4150 Ute - I guess that depends on what you mean by economic growth. This can take a number of forms, not all of which involve producing ever-increasing amounts of stuff. Ute – I guess that depends on what you mean by economic growth. This can take a number of forms, not all of which involve producing ever-increasing amounts of stuff.

]]> By: Ute Clackson http://sedgemore.com/2009/09/sustainability-as-more-than-a-political-buzzword/comment-page-1/#comment-4149 Ute Clackson Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:45:05 +0000 http://sedgemore.com/?p=5286#comment-4149 Hi Francis, I have had the feeling that all well-meaning attempts to be sustainable seemed not really to work even where a fair bit of technical understanding is deployed. It seems that the reasons are economical rather than technical. I stumbled about a shortish animated film "Money as debt" (all of it is on youtube as is its slightly more detailed successor film) which points to at least one economic factor of why the minute the economy stops growing life becomes suddenly very uncomfortable. Hi Francis,

I have had the feeling that all well-meaning attempts to be sustainable seemed not really to work even where a fair bit of technical understanding is deployed. It seems that the reasons are economical rather than technical. I stumbled about a shortish animated film “Money as debt” (all of it is on youtube as is its slightly more detailed successor film) which points to at least one economic factor of why the minute the economy stops growing life becomes suddenly very uncomfortable.

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