The Wellbeing Driven Economy -A new economic system (paradigm), based on technology

[@AntiGrowthAlliance]

This seems to take no account of the fact that we are in chronic environmental overshoot. There is no mention that we need to eliminate this overshoot in order to live sustainably. Human enterprise needs be limited to half of the available biocapacity to allow biodiversity to flourish. Therefore, 8 billion people need to operate within 6 billion gha; less than 1 gha per capita. We are currently averaging about 2.77gha per capita ecological footprint. We have been in ecological overshoot for over 50 years and consequently we are now seeing climate, ecological and financial collapse. To confirm these figures check out Wikipedia entries for 'ecological overshoot' and 'biocapacity'. Very simple arithmetic tells us that we are in very deep ecological debt. Relying on technology to tell us what to do is extremely dangerous, especially since most of our problems are down to peer pressure to overconsume and procreate. I would recommend that you folks read the Roadmap to Ecological Justice, available from this link poemsforparliament.uk/sw Our problems are only just beginning, we need a way to evolve from this point to have very different aspirations and expectations, we have been headed in the wrong direction for such a long time. This idea fails to address the fundamental need to shrink our global footprint as rapidly as possible, in order to soften the ecological collapse that is now unfolding.

[@fernandoandressanchezgonzalez]

Dear Barbara, first, thanks for your very relevant comment! Let me acknowledge the importance of addressing the environmental overshoot. After skimming through your paper (and reading the Abstract, section 5, and the Conclusions), at the link in your comment above, let me say that there is a misunderstanding: The Wellbeing Driven Economy is not dismissing environmental overshoot, it is actually proposing to address it. Sorry that I did not clarify this enough during the webinar, but let me invite you to check the webinar video at 23:11. Besides that, let me invite you to read section "2.6.3 Ecological responsibility" in our book (The Wellbeing Driven Economy). There you will find some info about how we could address the ecological wellbeing. The general idea is that we could use a similar approach to address the human wellbeing, and the environment wellbeing. Thus, The Wellbeing Driven Economy could be considered a tool for us all to improve: the human wellbeing, and the environment wellbeing. After skimming through your paper, I am quite sure that we have many similarities in our "visions", therefore, I will allow me to drop you an email, to explore cooperation and collaboration possibilities, and, if you allow me, schedule a call to better discuss this issue. Thank you!