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Interconnectedness of World Problems A Conceptual Map by Fritjof Capra Based on Plan B 3.0, by Lester Brown linear thinking materialism, greed UNLIMITED GROWTH Corporate Growth throw-away economy waste illusion Economic Growth “free trade” rules FINITE PLANET failure to include social & envir. costs information technology Global Capitalism financial networks no ethics demographic pressure illiteracy social exclusion Fossil Fuels pollution lack of family planning social inequality energy and resource intensive Poverty massive carbon release health challenges HIV epidemic Climate Change Peak Oil floods storms increase of energy costs forest fires heat waves droughts economic devastation airlines automobiles industrial agriculture polar ice glaciers diversion of grain to biofuel Depletion of Resources declining rainfall regional & internat. conflicts overgrazing crop withering Rising Temperatures impact on oil intensive industries web of life ecological cycles Population Growth massive market failure excessive consumption nonlinear patterns farmers vs. cities melting of ice shrinking grain harvest falling water tables lakes disappearing rivers running dry habitat alterations Impact on irrigation by large rivers habitat destruction Collapsing Fisheries Soil Erosion Water Scarcity rising seas overfishing deforestation advancing deserts Threats to Food Security Rise of Food Prices Species Extinction dust storms degradation of land damage to coral reefs Impact on Ecosystem Services water purification pollination flood control, etc. Climate Refugees Famine food riots Failing States chaos in world grain markets tears in the fabric of the web of life disintegration of law and order loss of personal security terrorism civil conflict POTENTIAL UNRAVELING OF CIVILIZATION The Fundamental Dilemma linear thinking materialism, greed UNLIMITED GROWTH FINITE PLANET nonlinear patterns web of life ecological cycles Three Kinds of Growth linear thinking materialism, greed Corporate Growth UNLIMITED GROWTH FINITE PLANET illusion Economic Growth nonlinear patterns Population Growth failure to include social & envir. costs massive market failure web of life ecological cycles Global Capitalism linear thinking materialism, greed UNLIMITED GROWTH illusion Corporate Growth Economic Growth “free trade” rules throw-away economy excessive consumption FINITE PLANET failure to include social & envir. costs information technology financial networks no ethics demographic pressure lack of family planning illiteracy social inequality waste pollution energy and resource intensive web of life ecological cycles Population Growth massive market failure Global Capitalism nonlinear patterns social exclusion Poverty health challenges HIV epidemic Depletion of Resources Population Growth and Poverty UNLIMITED GROWTH FINITE PLANET illusion web of life nonlinear patterns ecological cycles Population Growth Economic Growth failure to include social & envir. costs massive market failure information technology Global Capitalism financial networks lack of family planning demographic pressure no ethics illiteracy social inequality social exclusion Poverty health challenges HIV epidemic Depletion of Resources Depletion of Resources Depletion of Resources regional & internat. conflicts deforestation overfishing overgrazing habitat destruction farmers vs. cities Collapsing Fisheries Soil Erosion Water Scarcity advancing deserts falling water tables rivers running dry lakes disappearing dust storms degradation of land Species Extinction damage to coral reefs Impact on Ecosystem Services water purification pollination flood control, etc. Global Climate Change Fossil Fuels massive carbon release Climate Change floods storms forest fires heat waves droughts declining rainfall crop withering Rising Temperatures economic devastation polar ice glaciers Depletion of Resources melting of ice regional & internat. conflicts overgrazing farmers vs. cities Water Scarcity rising seas shrinking grain harvest habitat alterations Impact on irrigation by large rivers Climate Refugees deforestation habitat destruction Soil Erosion overfishing Collapsing Fisheries Global Climate Change massive carbon release Climate Change floods storms forest fires heat waves droughts crop withering Rising Temperatures economic devastation polar ice glaciers declining rainfall melting of ice regional & internat. conflicts overgrazing farmers vs. cities shrinking grain harvest habitat alterations Impact on irrigation by large rivers falling water tables lakes disappearing rivers running dry Threats to Food Security Climate Refugees habitat destruction Soil Erosion Water Scarcity rising seas deforestation advancing deserts Species Extinction dust storms degradation of land damage to coral reefs Impact on Ecosystem Services water purification pollination flood control, etc. Peak Oil Fossil Fuels Peak Oil increase of energy costs impact on oil intensive industries diversion of grain to biofuel airlines automobiles industrial agriculture Rise of Food Prices food riots chaos in world grain markets Threats to Food Security Fossil Fuels massive carbon release Climate Change floods storms forest fires heat waves droughts economic devastation melting of ice shrinking grain harvest habitat alterations Rise of Food Prices regional & internat. conflicts overgrazing farmers vs. cities falling water tables lakes disappearing rivers running dry advancing deserts overfishing deforestation habitat destruction Soil Erosion Water Scarcity rising seas Impact on irrigation by large rivers declining rainfall crop withering Rising Temperatures polar ice glaciers Depletion of Resources Species Extinction dust storms degradation of land Collapsing Fisheries damage to coral reefs Threats to Food Security Impact on Ecosystem Services water purification pollination flood control, etc. Failing States Threats to Food Security Impact on Ecosystem Services Climate Refugees Famine Failing States tears in the fabric of the web of life disintegration of law and order loss of personal security terrorism civil conflict POTENTIAL UNRAVELING OF CIVILIZATION water purification pollination flood control, etc. linear thinking materialism, greed UNLIMITED GROWTH Corporate Growth throw-away economy waste illusion Economic Growth “free trade” rules FINITE PLANET failure to include social & envir. costs information technology Global Capitalism financial networks no ethics demographic pressure illiteracy social exclusion Fossil Fuels pollution lack of family planning social inequality energy and resource intensive Poverty massive carbon release health challenges HIV epidemic Climate Change Peak Oil floods storms increase of energy costs forest fires heat waves droughts economic devastation airlines automobiles industrial agriculture polar ice glaciers diversion of grain to biofuel Depletion of Resources declining rainfall regional & internat. conflicts overgrazing crop withering Rising Temperatures impact on oil intensive industries web of life ecological cycles Population Growth massive market failure excessive consumption nonlinear patterns farmers vs. cities melting of ice shrinking grain harvest falling water tables lakes disappearing rivers running dry habitat alterations Impact on irrigation by large rivers habitat destruction Collapsing Fisheries Soil Erosion Water Scarcity rising seas overfishing deforestation advancing deserts Threats to Food Security Rise of Food Prices Species Extinction dust storms degradation of land damage to coral reefs Impact on Ecosystem Services water purification pollination flood control, etc. Climate Refugees Famine food riots Failing States chaos in world grain markets tears in the fabric of the web of life disintegration of law and order loss of personal security terrorism civil conflict POTENTIAL UNRAVELING OF CIVILIZATION