{"id":2069,"date":"2012-11-22T00:35:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T05:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.extraenvironmentalist.com\/?p=2069"},"modified":"2017-05-11T09:10:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T13:10:28","slug":"episode-53-growth","status":"publish","type":"xen_episodes","link":"https:\/\/xenetwork.org\/xe\/episodes\/episode-53-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"[ Episode #53 \/\/ Without Growth ]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The global economy is searching for growth and choosing austerity when it can't be found. Is it possible to manage an economy, obtain full employment, and provide social equity without economic growth? Can we develop a dialogue about our economy that recognizes the human enterprise as a subset of biophysical processes?<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Extraenvironmentalist #53<\/strong> we speak with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pvictor.com\/MWG\/About_the_Book.html\">Peter Victor <\/a>about his book <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/184844205X\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=184844205X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=theextraenv-20\">Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster <\/a>which describes why our obsession with GDP isn't necessary. Peter describes the field of Ecological Economics and how it differs from other disciplines of economic thought. We ask if there are some first steps we could take to start building a society that doesn't need GDP expansion. Then, we speak with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.growthbusters.org\/\">Dave Gardner<\/a> <em>[85m]<\/em> about how he's built a dialogue on the diminishing returns of economic growth with his film <a href=\"http:\/\/www.growthbusters.org\/\">Growthbusters<\/a>. Dave tells us about his run for city council in Colorado Springs, CO.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8891\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2069-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/extraenvironmentalist\/xepodcasts.com\/assets\/podcasts\/extraenvironmentalist\/053-withoutgrowth.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/extraenvironmentalist\/xepodcasts.com\/assets\/podcasts\/extraenvironmentalist\/053-withoutgrowth.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/extraenvironmentalist\/xepodcasts.com\/assets\/podcasts\/extraenvironmentalist\/053-withoutgrowth.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>\/\/ Music (in order of appearance)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/louislaroche\/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-llr-remix-full\">Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (Louis La Roche Remix) <\/a><em>via<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/louislaroche\/kate-bush-running-up-that-hill-llr-remix-full\">Soundcloud<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YTcILSZDCuw\">Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place (Psychemagic Remix)<\/a> <em>via<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/supersweet\/dead-mans-bones-my-bodys-a-zombie-for-you\">Youtube<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.themusicninja.com\/chill-broke-for-free-the-gold-lining\/\">Broke for Free - The Gold Lining<\/a> <em>via<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themusicninja.com\/chill-broke-for-free-the-gold-lining\/\">The Music Ninja<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.etmusiquepourtous.com\/2012\/11\/06\/the-isley-brothers-prize-possession-follow-me-remix\/\">Isley Brothers - Prize Posession (Follow Me Remix)<\/a> <em>via<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etmusiquepourtous.com\/2012\/11\/06\/the-isley-brothers-prize-possession-follow-me-remix\/\">Et Musique Pour Tous<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/track\/reef-ali\/el-mariachi-instrumental\/\">Chaundon - El Mariachi (Instrumental)<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/track\/reef-ali\/el-mariachi-instrumental\/\">Mixcloud<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\/\/ Extended Clips (in order of appearance)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Break] - 35m<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2012\/7\/16\/gar_alperovitzs_green_party_keynote_we\">Gar Alperovitz - Green Party Keynote<\/a> <em>via<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/2012\/7\/16\/gar_alperovitzs_green_party_keynote_we\">Democracy Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Second Break] - 107m<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.glennbeck.com\/2012\/11\/12\/glenn-live-like-people-determined-to-be-free\/\">Glenn Beck<\/a>, yes, we actually used a clip from Glenn Beck, I know, I'm shocked too.<\/p>\n<p>[End]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-latin-america-20334136\">Uruguay's President<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\/\/ Production Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kevin <em>via<\/em> <a href=\" http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SustainableGuidance?feature=watch\">Sustainable Guidance Youtube Channel <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The global economy is searching for growth and choosing austerity when it can&#8217;t be found. Is it possible to manage an economy, obtain full employment, and provide social equity without economic growth? Can we develop a dialogue about our economy that recognizes the human enterprise as a subset of biophysical processes? In Extraenvironmentalist #53 we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13058,"featured_media":2073,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[320,22,31,194,319,52,317,53,318,311,104,220,118,125,288],"class_list":["post-2069","xen_episodes","type-xen_episodes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-australia","tag-capitalism","tag-community-currency","tag-degrowth","tag-ecological-economics","tag-ecology","tag-economic-growth","tag-economics","tag-good-life","tag-greer","tag-municipal-governance","tag-natural-limits","tag-overpopulation","tag-politics","tag-post-growth"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>[ Episode #53 \/\/ Without Growth ] - Extraenvironmentalist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/xenetwork.org\/xe\/episodes\/episode-53-growth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[ Episode #53 \/\/ Without Growth ] - Extraenvironmentalist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The global economy is searching for growth and choosing austerity when it can&#039;t be found. 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