<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The idea that builds on the recognition that the Earth is a finite world, the resources are not endless, and thus the vision of continuous growth cannot be sustained can be traced back to the 1960s. Global problems had already occurred by then, and trends calculated from the data indicated a rapid disaster for the future. Humanity is at crossroads, and even the directions are still unclear. In the mid-1980s, an increasingly ecological approach appeared in politics, development policy, and international institutions.</p></abstract>

The idea that builds on the recognition that the Earth is a finite world, the resources are not endless, and thus the vision of continuous growth cannot be sustained can be traced back to the 1960s. Global problems had already occurred by then, and trends calculated from the data indicated a rapid disaster for the future. Humanity is at crossroads, and even the directions are still unclear. In the mid-1980s, an increasingly ecological approach appeared in politics, development policy, and international institutions.

Sustainable Production And Consumption

College of Dunaújváros, Szent István University, Hungary

Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development

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The idea that builds on the recognition that the Earth is a finite world, the resources are not endless, and thus the vision of continuous growth cannot be...

Sustainable Production And Consumption

Published Online: Dec 16, 2015

Page range: 57 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/vjbsd-2015-0013

Keywords
sustainability, natural capital, sustainable economy

© 2015 Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Sustainable Production And Consumption

Published Online: Dec 16, 2015

Page range: 57 - 61

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/vjbsd-2015-0013

Keywordssustainability, natural capital, sustainable economy

© 2015 Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
sustainability, natural capital, sustainable economy