Surprising Rise of the Club of Rome

[mick silver]

Limits to Growth was right. New research shows we're nearing collapse ... Four decades after the book was published, Limit to Growth's forecasts have been vindicated by new Australian research. Expect the early stages of global collapse to start appearing soon ... The 1972 book Limits to Growth, which predicted our civilisation would probably collapse some time this century, has been criticised as doomsday fantasy since it was published. Back in 2002, self-styled environmental expert Bjorn Lomborg consigned it to the "dustbin of history". It doesn't belong there. Research from the University of Melbourne has found the book's forecasts are accurate, 40 years on. – UK Guardian Dominant Social Theme: There are limits to growth, and we ought to be aware of them. Free-Market Analysis: The Club of Rome is a globalist think tank that expressed elite scarcity memes back in the 1970s. Its famous book, Limits to Growth, provoked fear of a "population explosion" and government intervention to define limits and enforce them. The scaremongering of the Club of Rome was effective for a while, but eventually produced a backlash from those who didn't believe in the kind of future that Club of Rome literature predicted. - See more at: http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/35615/Surprising-Rise-of-the-Club-of-Rome/#sthash.8NedyBpU.dpuf more at site

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http://www.clubofrome.org/The Club of Rome

[mick silver]

LAST CALL, the documentary about the most controversial and inspiring environmental bestseller of all times. Today its message is more relevant than ever.
Directed by Enrico Cerasuolo and produced by Zenit Arti Audiovisive with Skofteland Film, the film is a way to better understand the reasons behind the crisis, and to address towards sensible choices for the future.http://www.lastcallthefilm.org/

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Bankrupting Nature’s 12 key messages http://www.clubofrome.org/?p=5366 1. Scientific evidence is overwhelming that human pressure on the planet has reached a point that poses major risks for future welfare and prosperity. Science indicates that we are transgressing planetary boundaries that have kept civilization safe for the past 10,000 years. Accelerating human activity is now the most significant driver of global change, propelling the planet into a new geological era, termed the Anthropocene. There are now so many of us, using so many resources, that we are disrupting the grand cycles of biology, chemistry and geology. We can no longer exclude the possibility that our collective actions might trigger tipping points, risking drastic and irreversible consequences for human communities and ecological systems.