Hooked on Growth: 2009 Trailier

Trailer for a documentary examining the cultural barriers that so far keep us from becoming a sustainable civilization.

For more information and to join the cause, visit www.growthbusters.com

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• sustainability
• overpopulation
• economic
• growth
• overconsumption
• urban
• documentary
• hooked
• citizen-powered
• media
• dave
• gardner
• al
• bartlett
• paul
• ehrlich
• eben
• fodor
• bill
• mckibben

[mphello]

@acavideo AMEN! (oops) I mean, YOU ROCK!

[blackman666ful]

Over population is the indicator that lets the powers that be know when to start wars and also when to deploy more energy efficiant technologies.MP3 players are more environmentally friendly than CD players,CD players are more environmentally friendly than cassette players,DVD players are more environmentally friendly than the VCR.

[phillips78]

More on this issue at "Overconsumpulation-Overpopula­tion is NOT a myth".

[jcf005]

@bencubed will be released early 2011 hopefully

[Revolutionisnow1]

well put I look forward to seeing te documentary!

[Sexyprman1]

Robert Malthus said that the human race will ultamitly over populate and that the only way to solve this issue is to have wars famin it suck to say this but our world learders have been arraticating us for over more then a century. Now there next face is to control our very way of life till the point of destruction human population till mill numbers. The next few decades most people wont try to make a living they will be trying to survive it. good luck to all.

[bencubed]

I just wonder why this issue does not get the attention it deserves. If we are going to realize our greater intelligence over the rest of life on earth, surely this is the defining concern.

Your comparison with yeast is humorous and tragically accurate.

[WolYou]

bencubed: Your guess is right. More people means more consumption and more taxes. But the basic reason is morals. Introduced by religions and taken as a secret law. On this planet all life is growing until it hits its limits. The best proof that people are animals, because we're following the same stupid natural law as ants or even yeast. The problem with mankind is that we dont have any threats against us anymore and very effective tools.

[bencubed]

Forty years ago, over-population was described as the greatest problem facing humanity. Since then, the world's population has DOUBLED, .. and the issue has fallen way down the agenda.

WHY?

My guess is that not only does an increased population obviously mean more need, it also means more market opportunities and chance for profit.

Business will never concede the harm occurring as long as the problem also equates with profit.

Did this film ever get finished or released?

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[Phloxicon]

You're absolutely right. I don't know what I was thinking :S I retract my statement.