We have made it to the 8th episode of EcoSveglia. Today, the topic is as wide as "production and consumption" so we examine the concept of material flows along with economic growth and planned obsolescence. Is there a way to get off the hamster wheel of consumption where perhaps there could be less ecological and social exploitation? Find out more in the new episode of EcoSveglia!


The story of Stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GorqroigqM&feature=emb_title


Economic growth

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescita_economica

A brief histroy of modern inequality

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/07/a-brief-history-of-modern-inequality/

Scientists’ warning on affluence - Nature

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16941-y?fbclid=IwAR0BR7V4MPdPR5A9Y_dE0xEhRO3J98N11KtQ1JZNKRysr7g98XX120AfRI0

Buen vivir

https://www.degrowth.info/en/dim/degrowth-in-movements/buen-vivir/

Farewell to Development – interview to Arturo Escobar

https://greattransition.org/publication/farewell-to-development

Digitalization and energy consumption. Does ICT reduce energy demand?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800919320622?via%3Dihub