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| | The Humanist: An economy for the Earth. @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Evidence that the economy is in conflict with the Earth's natural systems can be seen in the daily news reports of shrinking forests, eroding soils, deteriorating rangelands, expanding deserts, rising carbon dioxide levels, falling water tables, rising temperatures, more destructive storms, melting glaciers, rising sea level, dying coral reefs, collapsing fisheries, and disappearing species. |
 | | Just as recognition that the Earth is not the center of the solar system set the stage for advances in astronomy, physics, and related sciences, so will recognition that the economy isn't the center of our world create the conditions to sustain economic progress and improve the human condition. |
 | | Converting the world economy into an eco-economy, however, is a monumental undertaking, as the current gap between economists and ecologists in their perception of the world could not be wider. |
| www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:86048067&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (3255 words) |
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