Economists use the word consume to mean "utilize economic goods," but the Shorter Oxford Dictionary's definition is more appropriate to ecologists: "….

If the life-supporting ecosystems of the planet are to survive for future generations, the consumer society will have to dramatically curtail its use….

Who would have predicted a century ago that the richest civilizations in history would be made up of polluted tracts of suburban development dominate….

If we attempt to preserve the consumer economy indefinitely, ecological forces will dismantle it savagely. If we proceed to dismantle it gradually ou….

Dispossessed peasants slash-and-burn their way into the rain forests of Latin America, hungry nomads turn their herds out into fragile African rangel….

But the basic value of a sustainable society, the ecological equivalent of the Golden Rule, is simple: each generation should meet its needs without ….