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Four environmental worldviews - Bioenvironmentalists

5 important questions on Four environmental worldviews - Bioenvironmentalists

What are, according to bioenvironmentalists, the most important causes of the global crisis?

-Overconsumption
-Overpopulation (and population growth in particular)

What is meant with the tragedy of the commons? And how does that principle relate to the ideas of the bioenvironmentalists?

When there are no overarching rules on how to use the commons, individuals will rationally seek to maximize their own gains at the expense of others, overuse and ultimately destroy the commons. According to bioenvironmentalists, souvereignty creates this principle on an international level. And this principle is driving us over the earth's carrying capacity.

What is the main argument the bioenvironmentalists make?

We are hurtling towards a crisis in which the situation gets worse at a quick pace, we are nearing the earth's carrying capacity. We must respect the biophysical limits to growth, both for people and economies.