O Mundo conhece no presente um processo de Globalização galopante, ainda guiado pelo princípio "Greed is good" de Gordon Gekko ( Wall Street ), e prisioneiro da perspectiva económica (neo liberal) do Crescimento ilimitado, enquanto que o Planeta nos faz sentir progressivamente e de forma cada vez mais evidente, os limites ecológicos para a sobrevivência da Humanidade.
Kate Worth
autora de 'Doughnut Economics' trata este problema e anuncia o fim progressivo
deste ciclo alienante/ alienado e destruidor da Civilização
Um presente de Natal para Centeno ?
OVOODOCORVO
What on
Earth is the Doughnut?…
Humanity’s
21st century challenge is to meet the needs of all within the means of the
planet. In other words, to ensure that no one falls short on life’s essentials
(from food and housing to healthcare and political voice), while ensuring that
collectively we do not overshoot our pressure on Earth’s life-supporting
systems, on which we fundamentally depend – such as a stable climate, fertile
soils, and a protective ozone layer. The Doughnut of social and planetary
boundaries is a playfully serious approach to framing that challenge, and it
acts as a compass for human progress this century.
The
Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries (2017)
The
environmental ceiling consists of nine planetary boundaries, as set out by
Rockstrom et al, beyond which lie unacceptable environmental degradation and
potential tipping points in Earth systems. The twelve dimensions of the social
foundation are derived from internationally agreed minimum social standards, as
identified by the world’s governments in the Sustainable Development Goals in
2015. Between social and planetary boundaries lies an environmentally safe and
socially just space in which humanity can thrive.
Here’s a
one-minute introduction to the Doughnut, by the brilliant animator Jonny
Lawrence.
And here’s
a commentary published in The Lancet Planetary Health, May 2017.
Since the
first iteration of the Doughnut was published as a discussion paper by Oxfam in
2012, it has had traction in very diverse places – from the UN General Assembly
and the Global Green Growth Forum, to Occupy London. Why such interest? I think it is because the
doughnut is based on the powerful framework of planetary boundaries but adds to
it the demands of social justice – and so brings social and environmental
concerns together in one single image and approach. It also sets a vision for
an equitable and sustainable future, but is silent on the possible pathways for
getting there, and so the doughnut acts as a convening space for debating
alternative pathways forward.
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