Interconnectedness of World Problems A Conceptual Map by Fritjof Capra Based on Plan B 3.0, by Lester Brown

Impact on Ecosystem Services linear thinking UNLIMITED GROWTH FINITE PLANET web of life nonlinear patterns materialism, greed ecological cycles Corporate Growth illusion Population Growth Economic Growth failure to include social & envir. costs “free trade” rules massive market failure lack of family planning throw-away economy information technology demographic pressure Global Capitalism excessive consumption financial networks no ethics social inequality illiteracy waste energy and resource intensive social exclusion pollution Fossil Fuels Poverty health challenges massive carbon release HIV epidemic Climate Change Depletion of Resources Peak Oil floods heat waves forest fires droughts storms declining rainfall regional & internat. conflicts increase of energy costs deforestation overfishing overgrazing Rising Temperatures crop withering habitat destruction Collapsing Fisheries economic devastation polar ice glaciers farmers vs. cities impact on oil intensive industries melting of ice Soil Erosion Water Scarcity Species Extinction dust storms falling water tables advancing deserts rising seas shrinking grain harvest lakes disappearing airlines automobiles diversion of grain to biofuel degradation of land damage to coral reefs rivers running dry industrial agriculture habitat alterations Impact on irrigation by large rivers Threats to Food Security Impact on Ecosystem Services water purification pollination flood control, etc. Rise of Food Prices Climate Refugees Famine chaos in world grain markets Failing States food riots tears in the fabric of the web of life loss of personal security disintegration of law and order terrorism civil conflict POTENTIAL UNRAVELING OF CIVILIZATION

The Fundamental Dilemma linear thinking UNLIMITED GROWTH FINITE PLANET web of life nonlinear patterns materialism, greed ecological cycles

Three Kinds of Growth UNLIMITED GROWTH FINITE PLANET Corporate Growth linear thinking UNLIMITED GROWTH FINITE PLANET web of life nonlinear patterns materialism, greed ecological cycles Corporate Growth illusion Population Growth Economic Growth failure to include social & envir. costs massive market failure

lack of family planning Global Capitalism linear thinking UNLIMITED GROWTH FINITE PLANET web of life nonlinear patterns materialism, greed ecological cycles Corporate Growth illusion Population Growth Economic Growth failure to include social & envir. costs “free trade” rules massive market failure lack of family planning throw-away economy information technology demographic pressure Global Capitalism excessive consumption financial networks no ethics social inequality illiteracy waste energy and resource intensive social exclusion pollution Poverty health challenges HIV epidemic Depletion of Resources

Population Growth and Poverty UNLIMITED GROWTH FINITE PLANET web of life nonlinear patterns ecological cycles illusion Population Growth Economic Growth failure to include social & envir. costs massive market failure lack of family planning information technology demographic pressure Global Capitalism financial networks no ethics illiteracy social inequality social exclusion Poverty health challenges HIV epidemic Depletion of Resources

Impact on Ecosystem Services Depletion of Resources Depletion of Resources regional & internat. conflicts deforestation overfishing overgrazing habitat destruction Collapsing Fisheries farmers vs. cities Soil Erosion Water Scarcity Species Extinction dust storms advancing deserts falling water tables lakes disappearing damage to coral reefs degradation of land rivers running dry water purification pollination flood control, etc. Impact on Ecosystem Services

Global Climate Change Fossil Fuels Climate Change massive carbon release Climate Change Depletion of Resources floods heat waves forest fires droughts storms declining rainfall regional & internat. conflicts deforestation overfishing overgrazing Rising Temperatures crop withering habitat destruction Collapsing Fisheries economic devastation farmers vs. cities polar ice glaciers melting of ice Soil Erosion Water Scarcity rising seas shrinking grain harvest habitat alterations Impact on irrigation by large rivers Climate Refugees

Impact on Ecosystem Services Global Climate Change massive carbon release Climate Change floods heat waves forest fires droughts storms declining rainfall regional & internat. conflicts deforestation overgrazing Rising Temperatures crop withering habitat destruction economic devastation farmers vs. cities polar ice glaciers melting of ice Soil Erosion Water Scarcity Species Extinction dust storms falling water tables advancing deserts rising seas shrinking grain harvest lakes disappearing degradation of land damage to coral reefs rivers running dry habitat alterations Impact on irrigation by large rivers Threats to Food Security Impact on Ecosystem Services water purification pollination flood control, etc. Climate Refugees

Peak Oil Fossil Fuels Peak Oil Rise of Food Prices increase of energy costs impact on oil intensive industries airlines automobiles diversion of grain to biofuel industrial agriculture Rise of Food Prices food riots chaos in world grain markets

Impact on Ecosystem Services Threats to Food Security Fossil Fuels massive carbon release Climate Change Depletion of Resources floods heat waves forest fires droughts storms declining rainfall regional & internat. conflicts deforestation overfishing Rising Temperatures crop withering overgrazing habitat destruction Collapsing Fisheries economic devastation farmers vs. cities polar ice glaciers melting of ice Soil Erosion Water Scarcity Species Extinction dust storms falling water tables advancing deserts rising seas shrinking grain harvest lakes disappearing degradation of land damage to coral reefs rivers running dry habitat alterations Impact on irrigation by large rivers Threats to Food Security Impact on Ecosystem Services water purification pollination flood control, etc. Rise of Food Prices

Impact on Ecosystem Services Failing States Threats to Food Security Impact on Ecosystem Services water purification pollination flood control, etc. Climate Refugees Famine Failing States tears in the fabric of the web of life loss of personal security disintegration of law and order terrorism civil conflict POTENTIAL UNRAVELING OF CIVILIZATION

Impact on Ecosystem Services linear thinking UNLIMITED GROWTH FINITE PLANET web of life nonlinear patterns materialism, greed ecological cycles Corporate Growth illusion Population Growth Economic Growth failure to include social & envir. costs “free trade” rules massive market failure lack of family planning throw-away economy information technology demographic pressure Global Capitalism excessive consumption financial networks no ethics social inequality illiteracy waste energy and resource intensive social exclusion pollution Fossil Fuels Poverty health challenges massive carbon release HIV epidemic Climate Change Depletion of Resources Peak Oil floods heat waves forest fires droughts storms declining rainfall regional & internat. conflicts increase of energy costs deforestation overfishing overgrazing Rising Temperatures crop withering habitat destruction Collapsing Fisheries economic devastation polar ice glaciers farmers vs. cities impact on oil intensive industries melting of ice Soil Erosion Water Scarcity Species Extinction dust storms falling water tables advancing deserts rising seas shrinking grain harvest lakes disappearing airlines automobiles diversion of grain to biofuel degradation of land damage to coral reefs rivers running dry industrial agriculture habitat alterations Impact on irrigation by large rivers Threats to Food Security Impact on Ecosystem Services water purification pollination flood control, etc. Rise of Food Prices Climate Refugees Famine chaos in world grain markets Failing States food riots tears in the fabric of the web of life loss of personal security disintegration of law and order terrorism civil conflict POTENTIAL UNRAVELING OF CIVILIZATION