From Scarcity to Sustainability

For futures studies and environmentalism the late 1960s and early 1970s were a heyday period of great publicity, and much scientific interest was devoted to them. The study 'Limits to Growth', commissioned by the Club of Rome, has played an important role for the further advancement of these fascinating fields. Each of them in its own way deals with the long term prospects of humankind and desirable future paths of humanity and the globe. This investigation illustrates a very important phase in the development of these two areas and writes a history of ideas and a history of impact of the Limits to Growth debate and other activities of the Club of Rome. It includes information that has so far only been known to a very limited number of directly involved individuals and looks into very recent stages of the sustainable development debate and newest developments of more pragmatic and critical futures studies. For the purpose of this study some 100 interviews have been made worldwide with very well known and often influential individuals. Among them are: Sicco Mansholt, Alexander King, Jan Tinbergen, Robert Jungk, Saburo Okita, Lord Kennet, Johan Galtung, Barry Commoner and Philip de Seynes.

Table 3.1 Elements of International Economic Disorder can be viewed here: https://www.peterlang.com/app/uploads/2022/12/9783631445280_txt-123-pg.pdf
Table 3.2 Economic Paradigms and the Environment can be viewed here: https://www.peterlang.com/app/uploads/2022/12/9783631445280_txt-127-pg.pdf

Autorentext

The Author: Peter H. Moll was born in 1960 in Hamburg. He is of Danish nationality and was educated in a number of social sciences, such as modern history, political sciences, philosophy and modern literature. He received his Ph.D. from the University of East Anglia, U.K. in Environmental Sciences. Since 1990 he has helped to build up the only futures studies institution in Germany, the Secretariat for Futures Studies. His research activities and publications focus on international futures studies, sustainable development and the changing international political and economic order.

Inhalt
Contents: Futures studies - Environmentalism - The Club of Rome - Limits to Growth - Long term planning - Global modelling - History of ideas from the 1960s to the late 1980s - Sustainable development.