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Atlas of Critical Zones – Horizons for a New Earth Policy – "Limits to Growth" Chapter 8

For a long time, the Earth's response to the human impact went unnoticed, but on a finite planet, limitless growth is not possible. Based on the theses of the book Limits to Growth: the 30-Year Update (Meadows/Randers, 2006), Rafael Blatt and Lukas Mueller, two designers, compiled an anthology that explains the current scientific database and, at the same time, strives to visualize possible solutions for a change in Earth policy.

For a long time, the Earth's response to the human impact went unnoticed, but on a finite planet, limitless growth is not possible.

Based on the theses of the book Limits to Growth: the 30-Year Update (Meadows/Randers, 2006), Rafael Blatt and Lukas Mueller, two designers, compiled an anthology that explains the current scientific database and, at the same time, strives to visualize possible solutions for a change in Earth policy: visions, networks, veracity, a readiness to learn, and philanthropy.

Their fascination with the Alps served as a source of inspiration. The five books Calcite, Serpentine, Biotite, Muscovite, and Quartz take readers on a journey into the local worlds of rocks and stones in Switzerland. By doing so, they raise the question of how, today, we experience and live with nature and how we can sustainably advance in it, step by step.

The publication strives to awaken the conviction in us humans that an effective change of how we deal with our environment and a turn towards sustainability can succeed.