it’s true. sustainable de-growth is an oxymoron. So is sustainable growth.
Why do we have to grow or de-grow. Why cant we figure out how to prosper with what we have before us. Why doesn’t the current population create an innovative new economic driver that will allow us to live here in Harmony and not rely on the fickle tourism industry and the uncertainty (and eventual closure when the ore runs out) of the mines?
Some cool innovative farming on all our our rich farmland that is currently mostly unused. Some green widget factory of some sort.. Selenium farming from our selenium rich river to sell selenium supplements (say that 5 times fast!)
There’s lots of economies we aren’t taking advantage of here that don’t require growth to be successful (although they may encourage it)
