Mechanistic and detached from life’s creative web of interactions, the conventional model of economic development is failing our societies on all counts. What would an organic view of the economy look like?
Introduction
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year. In 2021, it fell on July 29. Globally, the ecological deficit cumulated year after year results in staggering numbers of animal and vegetal species steadily going extinct. The lesson, as anyone would suspect, is that we cannot have it both ways: pillaging the planet and expecting to do it sustainably. If the Earth Overshoot Day is a stark reminder of how heavily our current economic system is indebted to future generations, can the frame of reference that has led us to this absurd situation be modified? Is there a positive and constructive way to address both economic and environmental needs?
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Philippe Roussel has long been interested in studying the power structures defining our increasingly unsustainable and undemocratic world. This website serves as the primary platform where he presents his ideas and findings to an international audience.