Flux continu

Today, we are close to the critical moment when conventional economic growth becomes impossible on a finite planet, constrained by two parallel factors: resource depletion and pollution. Tthe depletion of fossil fuels and other mineral commodities is placing heavy constraints on both industrial and agricultural production. We are not running out of anything yet, but the cost of extraction is increasing, just as the damage that extraction causes to the ecosystem. On the other side, pollution is appearing in more than one form. Chemical pollution is growing in terms of heavy metals, endocrine-disruptors, and other poisoning substances, while climate change can be seen as another form of pollution generated by the excess of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Politici ratelen tijdens verkiezingsbijeenkomsten of in interviews vaak over het belang van economische groei voor onze welvaartsstaat. Maar, voor wie groeit onze economie precies? Deze complexe vraag proberen Anuna De Wever en Lena Hartog te beantwoorden in hun nieuwe film ‘The Cost of Growth’.