Ecomodernism
An environmental philosophy that argues that humans can protect nature and improve human wellbeing by decoupling human development from environmental impacts.
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We offer this statement in the belief that both human prosperity and an ecologically vibrant planet are not only possible, but also inseparable. By committing to the real processes, already underway, that have begun to decouple human well-being from environmental destruction, we believe that such a future might be achieved. As such, we embrace an optimistic view toward human capacities and the future.
Authors
John Asafu-Adjaye - Associate Professor, University of Queensland
Linus Blomqvist - PhD student, UCSB Bren School
Stewart Brand - Cofounder and President, Long Now Foundation
Barry Brook - Professor of Environmental Sustainability, University of Tasmania
Ruth DeFries - Denning Family Professor of Sustainable Development, Columbia University
Erle Ellis - Professor, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Chris Foreman - Breakthrough Institute Board Member
David Keith - Professor, Harvard School of Engineering
Martin W. Lewis - Senior Lecturer in International History, Stanford University
Mark Lynas - Author
Ted Nordhaus - Founder and Executive Director, Breakthrough Institute
Roger Pielke, Jr. - Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder
Rachel Pritzker - President, Pritzker Innovation Fund
Joyashree Roy - Professor of Economics, Jadavpur University
Mark Sagoff - Retired Professor of Philosophy and Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, GMU
Michael Shellenberger - President and Founder, Environmental Progress
Robert Stone - Filmmaker
Peter Teague -
