Written by John Lounsbury
This 2014 documentary is based on the book Enough Is Enough by Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill. This short film lays out a visionary but realistic alternative to the perpetual pursuit of economic growth — an economy where the goal is enough, not more.
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About Rob Dietz from the Post Carbon Institute:
Rob Dietz is the Program Director at Post Carbon Institute, where he is responsible for guiding projects from conception to completion. With training and experience in ecological economics, environmental science, and conservation biology, he has built a career aimed at moving society in sustainable directions.
Prior to joining Post Carbon Institute, Rob worked as a project manager at Farmland LP, helping to transition conventional farmland to organic. He was also the first executive director of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (steadystate.org), taking it from an unfunded start-up organization to an internationally respected leader on new economic thinking.
Rob is a former Presidential Management Fellow, with appointments at the U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He was the first person at the Fish and Wildlife Service to serve as a Conservation Goals Coordinator, a position that combined long-range planning and landscape modeling for the National Wildlife Refuge System. He also did time as an economic analyst at two Washington, DC, consulting firms. His educational background includes a master’s degree in environmental science and engineering from Virginia Tech and an undergraduate degree in economics and environmental studies from the University of Pennsylvania.
About Dan O’Neill from University of Leeds website:
- Position: Associate Professor in Ecological Economics
- Areas of expertise: ecological macroeconomics; policies for sustainability; environmental, social, and economic indicators; relationships between resource use and human well-being; planetary health
- Location: 11.113 School of Earth and Environment
- Website: YouTube | A Good Life For All Within Planetary Boundaries | Twitter | Googlescholar | ORCID
I am an Associate Professor within the Sustainability Research Institute, and the leader of the Economics and Policy for Sustainability Research Group. My research focuses on the changes that would be needed to achieve a sustainable economy within planetary boundaries, and the relationships between resource use and human well-being.
One of the ideas that I have explored in depth is the concept of a ‘steady-state economy’. Simply put, this is an economy where resource use and waste emissions are stabilised, and kept within ecological limits. Stabilising resource use may have important consequences for national economies, and I investigate how to manage these in my research. Some of the changes that may be required are explored in my book Enough Is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources (co-authored with Rob Dietz), which has also been made into a short documentary film by UK film-maker Tom Bliss.
This film runs for 18 minutes and 35 seconds. It features interviews with leading sustainability thinkers such as Tim Jackson, Kate Pickett, Andrew Simms, Ben Dyson, and Natalie Bennett. The film is produced and directed by Tom Bliss, with illustrations by Polyp and animations by Henry Edmonds.
Source: YouTube
See also: Neoclassical Economics Vs Ecological Economics.
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