Decouple economic activity from ecological impact Position #33352

Decoupling economic activity from its ecological impact means reducing the ecological intensity of per unit of economic output to, or below, the point at which that economic activity can be sustained within ecological limits in the long term.
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Map HomeProsperity without Growth
IssueFixing the Economic System?
PositionDecouple economic activity from ecological impact
IssueHow to decouple economic activity from its ecological impact?
IssueWhat degree of decoupling is necessary?
SupportiveArgumentEconomic output can grow without breaching environmental limits
OpposingArgumentHard to decouple economic activity from ecological impact in practice
AdvocacyHerman Daly
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Entered by:- Elpida Makriyannis
Entry date (GMT): 10/13/2009 4:51:00 PM
Last edit date (GMT): 11/21/2009 4:22:00 PM
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