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Tell the G20: infinite economic growth on a finite planet is not possible.

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James Standring
11 years ago

This fundamental truth underlies all environmental damage.

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harriet mitteldorrf
11 years ago

All Earth's species, especially our own, depen on ending economic and population growth

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Shelley Sechrist
11 years ago

It is urgent that all countries now create a steady state economy.

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Cheryl Tonkin
11 years ago

We need to make critical depictions on the basis of the long term sustainable of global earth and not in the interest of greed, self interest and apathy. The future belongs to every living thing on this planet.

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Rodrigo Vidal Lazaro
11 years ago

Please G20 members: We need to think about the world we are leaving to future generations.

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Paul Sowter
11 years ago

Primary school kids understand this.

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luciana geveke
11 years ago

Stop Being Greedy

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noela Kelman
11 years ago

We need to reel in greed and role out thoughtful common sense......

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Peter Valentine
11 years ago

So fundamental ...

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Murray Scott
11 years ago

For too long we have naively hoped that continued economic growth can be decoupled from impossible growth in pollution and material consumption. That assumption requires rigorous examination.

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Geoff Dowsett
11 years ago

Anew global economy based on environmental and social justice is urgently required. End the GDP growth addiction NOW.

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don owers
11 years ago

Growth on a finite planet cannot be sustained. Its simple maths, not rocket science

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Willy Bach
11 years ago

The 2014 G20 Conference was an expensive, militarised futility for the people of Brisbane. This, especially with the Abbott government's refusal to discuss climate change and other real problems. Now the G20 has to demonstrate that it is a relevant body in the real world.

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Jeff Lean
11 years ago

To date, a Steady State Economy is the only macroeconomic system that can be demonstrated to guarantee economic stability, ecological resonsibility and a good standard of living for all the peoples of the planet.

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Matthew Washington
11 years ago

To transition to a Steady State Economy is the way to build a sustainablle future for human communities our fellow creatures and the biosphere. A SSE ia an economy in which we can flourish, avoid Climate catastrophe and respect our Earth and its natural systems !

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Phil Bradley
11 years ago

Mindless wasteful economic growth needs to be transitioned globally to a Steady State Economy with happiness and well-being still enabled! The SSE is also a critical component of mitigating dangerous climate change with 100% clean renewable energy by 2030 and net zero carbon emissions by 2040.

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Robert Frost
11 years ago

We need to move towards enoughness and grow our happiness and enjoyment, not economies.

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Susan Bowes
11 years ago

The fairyland endless GDP growth targets of G20 pollies must assume infinite resources - upon which the economy, and thus sustainable jobs, are based. But we live in a finite world.

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Greg Mitchell
11 years ago

Explotive Comsumerism is a receipe for social upheaval, terrorism, inhuman society. Small is beautiful.

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Anonymous
11 years ago

If there is ever a chance to make the poor of this planet better fed and more comfortable then it will be done only if all the world's governments become committed to making changes .