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Reviews for You Can't Eat Gnp: Economics As If Ecology Mattered

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The average rating for You Can't Eat Gnp: Economics As If Ecology Mattered based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.has a rating of 3.5 stars

Review # 1 was written on 2021-02-28 00:00:00
2001was given a rating of 4 stars Blake Riggins
It's sad to read a book on ecology and environmental challenges written over 20 years ago and find that we are still facing the very same hurdles in overcoming these issues. It was a lovely read, very fast-paced and methodical and insightful. It is also nice to be able to refer it to today and see how much has changed or not at all, like the shift from emphasising 'reducing your personal carbon footprint' to our current priority of mobilising and attempting to elicit governmental responses. go ecology go sustainability woo
Review # 2 was written on 2019-08-07 00:00:00
2001was given a rating of 3 stars Carl Castanho
根據聖經的創世記,上帝造人之後,曾祝福人類:要繁殖增多,充滿全地,去征服它;也要管理海裡的魚、空中的飛鳥、和在地上行動的各樣活物。 在廿一世紀的今天,我們顯然已經征服了地球。但地球是否管理得宜?全球暖化、垃圾遍地、海洋酸化、生物多樣性急速下降⋯⋯顯然我們沒有做好管理地球之責。 本書的旨趣,就是從古典經濟學的角度,分析我們的環境問題。通過揭露經濟學的盲點,往往能發現自然環境與資源的價值,不是被忽略就是遠遠被低估。經濟金字塔是個倒三角,土壤(天然資源)位在塔尖,而土壤出產的農作物則在土壤的上層;而農作物的加工品(如麵粉)則再上一層。而位於高位的是加工品的製成品,例如麵包、包裝食物等等。顯然易見,每上一層,物品的經濟價值便會越高。 但生態金字塔卻剛好相反,它是條典型的食物鏈,土壤支援為數眾多的草食性動物,而草食性動物又支援肉食性動物的生存。 要永續發展,當中的關鍵,在於將經濟金字塔放入生態金字塔當中,明白我們的經濟體系,不過是更龐大的生態體系裡的一個子集。一旦生態崩潰,經濟系統決不可能獨善其身;難道GDP能吃嗎? 保護環境,珍惜資源,已成為廿一世紀的普世價值。有精神信仰的學者專家,無不寄望一方面保住地球,另一方面又保持人類的物質文明生活。他們領導的發展是可持續的,決不至抽空子孫們的環境紅利。不錯,我們的地球,是從子孫裡借來,而不單是祖先們的遺澤。 偏偏香港這本彈丸之地,就是遍布蛋頭學者與政棍,他們為了一己之私,就是郊野公園也妄想去「開發」,不是良知泯滅的喪心病狂是什麼?


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