“We need a new narrative. Most people believe happiness is linked with more money and more things. Not necessarily. We need to rethink, how can we have a good quality of life but in a much more sustainable manner?” –Bob Watson, past @IPBES Chair @CSISFood csis.org/events/declining-ec…

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If i may say so, the two lifestyles need not be contradictory. When externalities (e.g. pollution) are included in the price of products, we pay the full cost of production/consumption, waste ends and natural growth ensues. It may help to speak to micro-economists to understand.
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