We’re running out of booty on planet Earth, so billionaires are racing to mine and populate the rest of the universe. In this follow-up to our Billionaires in Space episode, we examine and applaud points made by economist Tim Jackson in his recent essay, Billionaire Space Race: The Ultimate Symbol of Capitalism’s Flawed Obsession with Growth.
We also share an update on the crowdfunding campaign to make the documentary, GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth free, as of its 10th anniversary on November 3, 2021. We are very close to making our goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Billionaires in Space - Episode 58 of the GrowthBusters podcast
https://www.growthbusters.org/billionaires-in-space/
Make the GrowthBusters Movie Free - Crowdfunding Campaign
https://fundrazr.com/growthbustersmovie
Dark Optimism – Episode 13 of the Planet in Crisis podcast
https://planetincrisis.libsyn.com/13-dark-optimism-life-after-economic-growth-a-future-worth-fighting-for
Billionaire Space Race: The Ultimate Symbol of Capitalism’s Flawed Obsession with Growth – by Tim Jackson
https://dave-gardner.medium.com/billionaire-space-race-7e0738703554
Soylent Green – 1967 Feature Motion Picture starring Charlton Heston
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3dq3ef
On the GrowthBusters podcast, we come to terms with the limits to growth, explore the joy of sustainable living, and provide a recovery program from our society’s growth addiction (economic/consumption and population). This podcast is part of the GrowthBusters project to raise awareness of overshoot and end our culture’s obsession with, and pursuit of, growth.
Dave Gardner directed the documentary GrowthBusters: Hooked on Growth, which Stanford Biologist Paul Ehrlich declared “could be the most important film ever made.” Co-host Stephanie Gardner has degrees in Environmental Studies and Environmental Law & Policy.
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