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13. Sharing the Planet: From ‘Limits to Growth’ to ‘Factor Four’

Author : Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker

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Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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In the organic world nothing is more commonplace than limits to growth. Even the tallest redwood pines stop growing at some point.¹ And even the most aggressive bacteria stop proliferating—when they reach the limits of their host range. As a matter of fact, it is ‘wise’ for parasites to let their hosts flourish,—which also implies a degree of restraint. …

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This text was first published in a text for the Dutch association of the Club of Rome edited by Bob van der Zwaan and Arthur Petersen on: Sharing the Planet: Population-Consumption-Species; Sustainability of the Planet and International Politics: Looking for an Effective Global Governance (Delft: Eburon Publishers, 2003). The permission to republish this text was granted by Prof. Eric-Jan Tuininga on 24 February 2014.

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Title: Sharing the Planet: From ‘Limits to Growth’ to ‘Factor Four’
Author: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-03661-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-03662-5

Copyright Year: 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03662-5_13