![]() ![]() We strongly recommend it to our readers, and present the Preface here.ĭonella H. The book is rigorously scientific, yet very engaging, and it is especially well-suited to educational settings. The authors use updated computer models to present a comprehensive overview of what’s happening to the major systems on planet Earth and to explore probable futures, from worst- to best-case scenarios. The new book – Beyond the Limits: Confronting Global Collapse, Envisioning a Sustainable Future – is instant must-reading. That same team of researchers (minus one) has just released an historic update to The Limits to Growth. Beyond a certain point, they said in effect, the maxim could very well be “grow and die.” But in 1972 a team of systems scientists and computer modelers challenged conventional wisdom with a ground-breaking study that warned that there were limits – especially environmental limits – to how “big” human civilization and its appetite for resources could get. ![]() “Grow or die,” goes the old economic maxim. By Donella Meadows, Dennis Meadows, and Jørgen Randers ![]()
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