Sufficiency : From Growth and Overshoot to Enoughness /
Sufficiency : From Growth and Overshoot to Enoughness /
From Growth and Overshoot to Enoughness
edited by Toni Ruuska and Tina Nyfors.
- 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations.
- International Comparative Social Studies ; 62 Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026 .
- International Comparative Social Studies ; 62. Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
We inhabit a world of human-induced ecological overshoot. However, the ongoing ecological crisis has not been caused equally by all humans, due to the nature of the growth-driven world economy. Whereas the I=PAT equation can be considered a useful tool to assess the human-induced impacts on the environment, we argue that because of the prevailing socio-economic inequality, power imbalance, and differences in environmental footprints, primary attention should be given to the factors of affluence (A) and technology (T), as fundamental causes of the overshoot, and only after this, to population (P). In the search for a meaningful ethos to guide our inquiry in the world of growth and overshoot, we propose applying the humble concept of sufficiency: the idea of ‘enoughness’. Accordingly, in this book, we explore what sufficiency could mean for affluence, technology, and population. Contributors are: Karl Bonnedahl, Michel Bourban, Philip Cafaro, Pasi Heikkurinen, Mikko Jalas, Jessica Jungell-Michelsson, Lassi Linnanen, J. Mohorcich, Iana Nesterova, Tina Nyfors, Thomas Princen, Toni Ruuska, Joonas Uotinen, and Tere Vadén.
English
9789004746404
10.1163/9789004746404 DOI
Biology.
Critical Social Sciences.
Earth Sciences.
Social Sciences.
QH75
639.9
Includes bibliographical references and index.
We inhabit a world of human-induced ecological overshoot. However, the ongoing ecological crisis has not been caused equally by all humans, due to the nature of the growth-driven world economy. Whereas the I=PAT equation can be considered a useful tool to assess the human-induced impacts on the environment, we argue that because of the prevailing socio-economic inequality, power imbalance, and differences in environmental footprints, primary attention should be given to the factors of affluence (A) and technology (T), as fundamental causes of the overshoot, and only after this, to population (P). In the search for a meaningful ethos to guide our inquiry in the world of growth and overshoot, we propose applying the humble concept of sufficiency: the idea of ‘enoughness’. Accordingly, in this book, we explore what sufficiency could mean for affluence, technology, and population. Contributors are: Karl Bonnedahl, Michel Bourban, Philip Cafaro, Pasi Heikkurinen, Mikko Jalas, Jessica Jungell-Michelsson, Lassi Linnanen, J. Mohorcich, Iana Nesterova, Tina Nyfors, Thomas Princen, Toni Ruuska, Joonas Uotinen, and Tere Vadén.
English
9789004746404
10.1163/9789004746404 DOI
Biology.
Critical Social Sciences.
Earth Sciences.
Social Sciences.
QH75
639.9