Helmut Melzer
The absolute consumption of raw materials per person must be reduced very drastically and largely come from renewable sources. Our growth-oriented economic system is not programmed for this task. We need freedom in which economic alternatives can be developed that get by without material growth and still enable the collective and solidarity-based provision or financing of public welfare tasks such as services of general interest and social benefits (e.g. pensions, care). Resource efficiency, circular economy, bioeconomy, ecodesign, recycling and digitization are a contribution, but not the solution. The future challenge of the industrialized world is called sufficiency: the return to “enough”!
Matthias Neitsch, RepaNet
