If we attempt to preserve the consumer economy indefinitely, ecological forces will dismantle it savagely. If we proceed to dismantle it gradually ourselves, we will have the opportunity of replacing it with a low consumption economy that can endure. — Alan Thein Durning Copy Share Image
Economists use the word consume to mean "utilize economic goods," but the Shorter Oxford Dictionary's definition is more appropriate to ecologists: "To make away… — Alan Thein Durning Copy Share Image
Who would have predicted a century ago that the richest civilizations in history would be made up of polluted tracts of suburban development dominated… — Alan Thein Durning Copy Share Image
But the basic value of a sustainable society, the ecological equivalent of the Golden Rule, is simple: each generation should meet its needs without… — Alan Thein Durning Copy Share Image
If the life-supporting ecosystems of the planet are to survive for future generations, the consumer society will have to dramatically curtail its use of… — Alan Thein Durning Copy Share Image
Dispossessed peasants slash-and-burn their way into the rain forests of Latin America, hungry nomads turn their herds out into fragile African rangeland, reducing it… — Alan Thein Durning Copy Share Image
If we attempt to preserve the consumer economy indefinitely, ecological forces will dismantle it savagely. If we proceed to dismantle it gradually ourselves, we… — Alan Thein Durning Copy Share Image
