17 videos tagged economic growth
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James Leape
What is ‘One Planet Living’?
Globally we’re consuming resources at a rate faster than that at which the planet can replenish them, causing problems such as deforestation, depleted fisheries, species extinction…
Recorded: 23 January 2008
Achim Steiner
Can we have economic growth and environmental sustainability?
Achim Steiner believes that global economic growth cannot be sustained without a major transition towards sustainability. Simply put, sustainability is pre-condition for long-term…
Recorded: 22 January 2008
Achim Steiner
How does climate change change the way we must do business?
Achim Steiner sees climate change as a uniquely transformative issue, in that it is merging diverse environmental and business interests. Viable, rational business strategies are…
Recorded: 22 January 2008
Ashok Khosla
What might a sustainable economics look like?
Ashok Khosla suggests that a system that defines development in terms of material consumption is one that is doomed for failure. In a world of finite resources, we cannot afford…
Recorded: 13 May 2007
Dame Anita Roddick
What’s wrong with Corporate Social Responsibility?
The late Dame Anita Roddick looks at the origins of social responsibility in business and questions the integrity of what is now commonly known as Corporate Social Responsibility.…
Recorded: 15 September 2006
Hazel Henderson
How should we measure society’s progress?
Hazel Henderson says that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a crude way of measuring a nation’s progress and believes that new indicators are needed. Equally misguided has been…
Recorded: 6 November 2005
Hazel Henderson
How will business change as our focus on the environment increases?
Hazel Henderson believes that the current system within which businesses operate will become obsolete over time. The changing composition of the Fortune 500 in the last 20 years…
Recorded: 6 November 2005
Sir Peter Hall
What does sustainable urban planning involve?
Sir Peter Hall reflects on the term ‘sustainability’ as applied to urban planning. He talks about the chief concerns facing urban planners today and discusses the different…
Recorded: 9 September 2005
Richard Douthwaite
What impact will oil depletion have on the economy?
Economist Richard Douthwaite explores the economics driving climate change. He looks at how the current economic model requires sustained growth in order to survive and examines…
Recorded: 4 March 2005
Prabhu Guptara
Why are loans harmful for the poor?
Prabhu Guptara talks about how the charging of interest exacerbates the difference between the rich and poor. The technical term for this is usury – usually understood to…
Recorded: 1 February 2005
Jerry Mander
What’s wrong with economic globalization?
Jerry Mander talks about how the global economic system, established half a century ago at Bretton Woods, is fundamentally unsustainable. He argues that the poor are not benefiting…
Recorded: 24 January 2005
Tony Juniper
What might a sustainable society look like?
Tony Juniper talks about the relentless pursuit of economic growth at any cost. He then suggests ways in which new economic paradigms and new kinds of globalization can help meet…
Recorded: 8 December 2004
Caroline Lucas
How can we ensure energy security?
Caroline Lucas talks about the energy options confronting us. She discusses her preference for clean renewable energy and why she thinks nuclear power has little future. She remarks…
Recorded: 3 December 2004
Caroline Lucas
Are there any alternatives to economic globalization?
Caroline Lucas explains how economic growth is largely driven by corporate globalization and how the global trading system has been designed to further the interests of the affluent…
Recorded: 3 December 2004
Aubrey Meyer
What is the ‘Contraction and Convergence’ approach to tackling climate change? (part 3)
In the last of this series of three clips, Meyer talks about the fact that a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions may require a necessary slowing down of the global economy. He…
Recorded: 11 November 2004
Frank Dixon
Is our economic system flawed?
Frank Dixon elaborates on why he thinks our present economic and political systems incentivize to do business in irresponsible ways. He describes how these systems can be changed…
Recorded: 20 May 2004
Helena Norberg-Hodge
What does economic globalization entail?
Helena Norberg-Hodge talks about globalization. She explains how governments across the political spectrum pander to private sector demands, often at the expense of smaller businesses.…
Recorded: 1 September 2002
