The continuity of our societies and the sustainability of our planet will necessarily depend on how we, as a collective, can devise the solutions to the paramount and multifaceted difficulties that have arisen from the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution. In fact, if we are to successfully transform these challenges into opportunities, what we need is nothing short of another revolution. And in today’s revolution the bayonets, unquestionably, need to be green.
The world’s per capita income has increased over ten-fold and the global population six-fold in the two centuries following the Industrial Revolution. Millions of lives have been uplifted, and positive transformations have benefited societies across the globe. At the core of such success was the quantity-oriented, factor-intensive and fossil fuel-driven growth model.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
From the Industrial Revolution to a green revolution
The continuity of our societies and the sustainability of our planet will necessarily depend on how we, as a collective, can devise the solutions to the paramount and multifaceted difficulties that have arisen from the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution. In fact, if we are to successfully transform these challenges into opportunities, what we need is nothing short of another revolution. And in today’s revolution the bayonets, unquestionably, need to be green.
The world’s per capita income has increased over ten-fold and the global population six-fold in the two centuries following the Industrial Revolution. Millions of lives have been uplifted, and positive transformations have benefited societies across the globe. At the core of such success was the quantity-oriented, factor-intensive and fossil fuel-driven growth model.
See full Article.
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