Is Humanity Fatally Successful?
“This is an article by Dr. William Rees, late of the University of British Columbia School of Planning and the originator of the concept of the “ecological footprint”. He has been forced to the conclusion as have many of us, that “industrial civilization” is not sustainable; that the developed countries must change their economies and societies to a different pattern(s). I may be putting words in his mouth to a certain extent but this is the implication. He discusses the fundamental causes of our problems. Dr. Rees manages to bring these very basic problems to attention in an uniquely tactful way, so that he is more effective than anyone I know in presenting these issues in a way that makes it difficult for those to whom they are new, to dismiss them. I recommend this article highly, its excellence and importance cannot be overstated.”
by Doug Woodard, St. Catherine’s, Ontario