Conservation groups have released a report showing that humanity is overconsuming natural capital and are pushing natural systems well beyond their limits.\u00a0 The report estimates a credit excess of a third (though we believe it to be greater).\u00a0 The consequences will be a failure of natural systems and then a failure of human systems and infrastructure as necessities like air, water and food suddenly decline.<\/p>\n
In the language of the financial crisis, this is a sub-prime time bomb.\u00a0 It is getting worse, more quickly.\u00a0 And most worryingly, there is no “other planet” to bail out earth’s natural systems when they tip in to crisis.<\/p>\n
See the BBC report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n And Financial meltdown dwarfed by economic destruction of nature.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Conservation groups have released a report showing that humanity is overconsuming natural capital and are pushing natural systems well beyond their limits.\u00a0 The report estimates a credit excess of a third (though we believe it to be greater).\u00a0 The consequences will be a failure of natural systems and then a failure of human systems and …
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