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BUILDING a more environmentally stable future clearly requires some vision of that future. If not fossil fuels to power society, then what? If forests are no longer to be cleared to grow food, then how is a larger population to be fed? If a throwaway culture leads inevitably to pollution and resource depletion, how can we satisfy our material needs? In sum, if the present path is so obviously unsound, what picture of the future can we use to guide our actions towards a global community that can endure?
A sustainable society is one that satisfies its needs without jeopardizing the prospects of future generations. Unfortunately there are no existing models of ...