In The News
See below for a selection of articles featuring our results in the news and popular press:
Articles written by us
- Communicating the vision of a good life for all within planetary limits, Policy & Practice (by Julia Steinberger), August 7th, 2018
- If everyone lived sustainably, what would their lives be like?, From Poverty to Power (by Andrew Fanning), February 21, 2018
- Can we provide for 7 billion people without wrecking the planet?, Centre for Labour and Social Studies (by William Lamb), February 15, 2018
- Is it possible for everyone to live a good life within our planet’s limits?, The Conversation (by Dan O’Neill), February 7, 2018
- Living well, within planetary boundaries, Nature Sustainability Community (blog by Dan O’Neill, Andrew Fanning, William Lamb, and Julia Steinberger), February 5, 2018
Our favourite articles to date
- Can humans live well without pillaging the planet?, Scientific American (by Mark Fischetti and Federica Fragapane), June 2018 Issue
- Vietnam, the unlikely poster child for a sustainable lifestyle, South China Morning Post (by David Dodwell), May 25, 2018
- Die grenzen des donuts (Germany), Frankfurter Rundschau (by Eva Mahnke), March 31, 2018
- Kate Raworth: “Los políticos están atrapados… Son adictos al crecimiento del PIB” (Spain), El Nacional (by Gustau Nerín), March 14, 2018
- Quality of life versus planetary thresholds – Leeds academics lay bare the scale of the challenge, Social Ecological Economics Network (by Billy Saundry), February 27, 2018
- Canada is unsustainable. So is everywhere else, The Tyee (by Crawford Kilian), February 23, 2018
- Doing well, but doing great harm, Times Colonist (by Trevor Hancock), February 16, 2018
- Fairer world may mean more modest dreams, Climate News Network (by Tim Radford), February 16, 2018
- 7 billion people, one planet. Can everyone’s needs be met?, The New York Times (by John Schwartz), February 14, 2018
- There might be no way to live comfortably without also ruining the planet, Science Alert (by David Nield), February 10, 2018
- Good life within planetary boundaries study misrepresented as wealth redistribution, Daily Kos, February 9, 2018
- The good life is killing the planet, but your best life could save it, Forbes (by Eric Mack), February 8, 2018
- No country on Earth is sustainably meeting its basic needs, Fast Company (by Adele Peters), February 8, 2018
- If we bring the good life to all, will we destroy the planet?, National Public Radio (by Nurith Aizenman), February 7, 2018
- Si queremos preservar la Tierra tendremos que vivir “peor”: hasta ahora no hemos demostrado otra cosa (Spain), Magnet (by Esther Miguel Trula), February 7, 2018
- Is the doughnut economy just pie in the sky?, Anthropocene Magazine (by Sarah DeWeerdt), February 6, 2018
- If we gave everyone a decent standard of living, could we sustain it?, Ars Technica (by Cathleen O’Grady), February 6, 2018
- Humanity must ‘dramatically reduce its resource use’ if it wants to keep living the good life, Daily Mail (by Cecile Borkhataria), February 6, 2018
- Are we defining economic success all wrong?, Pacific Standard (by Kevin Charles Fleming), February 5, 2018
- It may be impossible to live comfortably without trashing Earth, New Scientist (by Andy Coghlan), February 5, 2018
- Humanity will need to make some drastic changes if it wants to keep the ‘good life’ going, Los Angeles Times (by Karen Kaplan), February 5, 2018
More news coverage
- Benestar i dispendi (Catalan), Ara (by Pere Brunet), May 24, 2018
- Das Dilemma des Gartens Eden (Switzerland), Der Bund (by Joachim Laukenmann), March 13, 2018
- Número de países sustentables: cero (Chile), Diario Financiero (by Carmen Gloria Solís), March 01, 2018
- Hva må til for å sikre en bærekraftig utvikling for alle? (Norway), Energi og Klima (by Gunnar Kvåle), February 22, 2018
- Living too well is unsustainable, Clean Malaysia, February 17, 2018
- A good life for all within planetary boundaries, Food Climate Research Network, February 16, 2018
- Ningún país cubre sus necesidades básicas a un ritmo sostenible (Bolivia), El Deber, February 11, 2018
- Cuộc sống tốt đẹp hơn có dẫn đến sự hủy hoại môi trường? (Vietnam), Vietnam+ (by Mai Nguyen), February 10, 2018
- Can we live well and sustainably?, The Naked Scientists (by Lewis Thomson), February 9, 2018
- Ningún país brinda bienestar sin hacer daño al planeta (y España está a la cola)(Spain), La Información (by Miguel Ayuso), February 9, 2018
- Zerstörung macht das Leben schöner (Germany), Spektrum (by Lars Fischer), February 7, 2018
- ما دور البشرية في استمرار الحياة على الأرض؟(Arabic), Russia Today, February 7, 2018
- Kein Land der Erde schafft Ressourcenverbrauch auf nachhaltigem Niveau (Germany), Der Standard, February 7, 2018
- The dark side of good life, The Telegraph India (by G.S. Mudur), February 6, 2018
- Ούτε μια χώρα στον κόσμο δεν προσφέρει μια καλή ζωή στους κατοίκους με περιβαλλοντικά βιώσιμο τρόπο. 7 στις 7 οι περιβαλλοντικές υπερβάσεις στην Ελλάδα (Greece), Huffington Post, February 6, 2018
- The biggest climate change decision: Should you have children?, Big Think (by Stephen Johnson), February 6, 2018
- Planetare Grenzen auf Länder heruntergebrochen (Germany), Jura Forum, February 6, 2018
- Per non superare i confini planetari e vivere decentemente sono necessari cambiamenti radicali (Italy), Green Report (by Umberto Mazzantini), February 6, 2018
- Can everyone on Earth live well without wrecking the planet? Newsy (by Steven Sparkman), February 5, 2018
- Developing world cannot sustainably achieve same living standards as West, says study, The Independent (by Josh Gabbatiss), February 5, 2018
- Britain is using far more than its share of world’s resources, iNews (by Tom Bawden), February 5, 2018
- Ningún país cubre necesidades básicas de ciudadanos en un marco sostenible (Spain), La Vanguardia, February 5, 2018
- Ningún país satisface necesidades a nivel sostenible para el planeta (Spain), Europa Press, February 5, 2018
- Living the good life sustainably, Nature Sustainability Press Release, February 5, 2018
- A good life for all within the planet’s means, University of Leeds Press Release, February 5, 2018
Critical coverage
- The Earth’s carrying capacity for human life is not fixed, Aeon (by Ted Nordhaus), July 05, 2018
- Is degrowth the only way to save the world?, Reason-Free Minds and Free Markets (by Ronald Bailey), February 16, 2018
- Environmentalists push global wealth redistribution, The National Review (by Wesley J. Smith), February 6, 2018