Ebook {Epub PDF} The Myth of Progress: Toward a Sustainable Future by Tom Wessels

Tom Wessels, Terrestrial Ecologist. Tom Wessels is an ecologist and founding director of the master’s degree program in Conservation Biology at Antioch University New England. H. The myth of progress: toward a sustainable future wessels, tom isbn: kostenloser versand für alle bücher mit versand und verkauf. download citation myth of progress: toward a sustainable future a provocative critique of western progress from a scientific perspective. 9 apr it is a myth, he contends, that.  · Description. "In this compelling and cogently argued book, Tom Wessels demonstrates how our current path toward progress, based on continual economic expansion and inefficient use of resources, runs absolutely contrary to three foundational scientific laws that govern all .

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The Myth of Progress.: Toward a Sustainable Future. In this compelling and cogently argued book, Tom Wessels demonstrates how our current path toward progress, based on continual economic. It is a myth, he contends, that progress depends on a growing economy. Wessels explains his theory with his three Laws of Sustainability: (1) the law of limits to growth, (2) the second law of thermodynamics, which exposes the dangers of increased energy consumption, and (3) the law of self-organization, which results in the marvelous diversity of such highly evolved systems as the human body and complex ecosystems. It is a myth, he contends, that progress depends on a growing economy. Wessels explains his theory with his three laws of sustainability: (1) the law of limits to growth, (2) the second law of thermodynamics, which exposes the dangers of increased energy consumption, and (3) the law of self-organization, which results in the marvelous diversity of such highly evolved systems as the human body and complex ecosystems.