Global population hits 8 billion, but per-capita consumption is still the main problem

As living standards rise, we could see smaller populations but much bigger ecological impacts.

Robert Costanza, Professor of Ecological Economics, UCL • conversation
Nov. 15, 2022 • ~7 min

What the controversial 1972 'Limits to Growth' report got right: Our choices today shape future conditions for life on Earth

A 1972 report warned that unchecked consumption could crater the world economy by 2100. Fifty years and much debate later, can humanity innovate quickly enough to avoid that fate?

Matthew E. Kahn, Provost Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • conversation
July 12, 2022 • ~10 min

Beware far-right arguments disguised as environmentalism

Extinction Rebellion impostors have called humans 'a disease'.

Marc Hudson, Researcher on Sociomaterial Transformations, Keele University • conversation
March 27, 2020 • ~6 min

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