Introduction
Can sufficiency save us from raw material scarcity and global warming? Sufficiency is all about restraint, moderation, and absence of excess, and so necessarily involves curtailing our desires and needs. By reducing what we consume, sufficiency also reduces the pollution we release into the natural...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Field Actions Science Reports
2024
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | Can sufficiency save us from raw material scarcity and global warming? Sufficiency is all about restraint, moderation, and absence of excess, and so necessarily involves curtailing our desires and needs. By reducing what we consume, sufficiency also reduces the pollution we release into the natural world and the resources we take from it. Its roots lie in notions of temperance, echoing virtues the ancient Greeks saw as prerequisites for a life well lived. Sufficiency is not the same as degro... |
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