1. Growth delusions: “Bigger GDP=Better off”
Countries with big GDP might register such scores because of over-exploitation of the worlds resources in general and exploitation of land and people of countries with lower GDP

2. Countries with big GDP might register such scores because of over-exploitation of the worlds resources in general and exploitation of land and people of countries with lower GDP

3. If everyone lived like an American, we would need…
Of course the number of people goes up each year by 76 million +

4. Growth delusions: “It’s the economy, stupid”
Conventional
“economic” thinking,
Monetarist to
Marxist,
depreciates
real
wealth of
nations

5. average Icelandic family 3 times richer than in 2003
2006:
average Icelandic family
3 times richer than in 2003
(Meltdown Iceland by Roger Boyes)
Apple is now the most valuable company in the world, with a market capitalisation of close to $546bn. Only six firms have ever been worth more than $500bn: Apple, Cisco, Exxon Mobil, General Electric, Intel and Microsoft.
Guardian (20/03/2012)

6. Growth delusions: “The Real Wealth of Nations”
Not seeing the wood for the timber…
& not seeing many elements of real wealth

7. Reality check People are economic transformers not wealth creators
Real ‘wealth of nations’:
Physical space
Atmospheric balances
UV filtering
Purification of air
Potable water
Regulation of water cycle
Water storage
Photosynthesis
Fertile soil
Vegetative resources
Pollination
Mineral resources
Waste decomposition
Nutrient recycling
Stable climate
Checks & balances against extremes
‘Mother Earth’

8. Solar ‘driver’ Ecology Society Economy
Folly of ‘economic fixes’ is that they fail to see that the economy is but a sub-section of society which is but a sub-section of planetary ecology
Contrast with (a) view that treats economy as all important (“it’s the economy, stupid”), or (b) ecology, society and economy are equals, or (c) talks about various types of capital with ecological capital as but one factor amongst many.
Solar ‘driver’