DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Happy Planet Index, Gross National Happiness, Ecological Footprint
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It compares the surface of earth needed to sustain current consumption patterns and absorb wastes with what is available on a renewable basis. It counts the positive and then subtracts the negative aspects like pollution, this is the big difference to gdp; It highlights the dependence of human wellbeing on planetary health: the concurrent extent of social shortfall and ecological overshoot reflects deep inequalities of income, wealth, exposure to risk, gender, race and political power-both within and between countries; Revising seven key areas of conventional economic model: adjustment of the scale- the economy scale sheer volume of its energy and material flows relative to the ecosystem. When the economy reaches a certain size, further growth makes both systems worse off. Uneconomic : shift from growth to development- the economy has its goal to produce ever-greater quantities of goods and services. Andres edwards suggest, in the sustainability revolution, seven themes or objectives common to all frameworks:
