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“Th e emergence of the concept of sustainable development marks the end of the industrial
civilization of fordist production, of the logics of economies of scale. But it also signals that
societies based on a vulgar Darwinistic principle of survival of the fi ttest, of ruthless egoism
of the few who mercilessly and thoughtlessly exploit their fellow human beings as they
exploit nature, will not survive. Either humanity will eventually succeed in establishing the
truly humane principles or it will vanish from Planet Earth. . . . Sustainability indicates the
end of the affl uent industrial society and points, at the same time, to a future which is not yet
clear. It is, however, clear that the basic problem lies in social organizations, in social institutions,
in the way and how decisions are made, to whose profi t and at whose cost. . .
Th e bottom-line is that humanity can not and will not survive beyond the limits set by the
reproductive abilities of nature; above all, humanity will have to reduce its total consumption
of natural resources.”
-Bernd Hamm and Pandurang Muttagi
“Sustainable Development and the Future of Cities”, 1998
“We humans have developed complex cultures based largely on language, and our
evolution over the past several millennia has occurred almost entirely at the cultural
-as opposed to the biological- level. In order to save ourselves we do not need to
evolve new organs; we just need to change our culture. And language-based cultures
can change very swiftly, as the industrial revolution has shown us”
-Richard Heinberg
“Powerdown, Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World” , 2004