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Forty years of Limits to Growth

The first presentation of the influential environmentalist book Limits to Growth was on March 1 in 1972 at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, four decades ago. The study was both hugely influential and hugely controversial, and the authors were quite … Continue reading

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Dennis Meadows on Limits to Growth

A video of Dennis Meadows, co-author of Limits to Growth, from the 2009 World Economic Forum meetings in Davos meeting where he reflects on economic growth, oil, and decline. via the Oil Drum

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Dennis Meadows awarded Japan Prize for work on Limits to Growth

Dennis Meadows has been awarded the Japan Prize for his work on Limits to Growth.  The Prize Committee writes: [he] served as Research Director for the project on “The Limits to Growth,” for the Club of Rome in 1972. Employing … Continue reading

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