Interconnectedness of World Problems A Conceptual Map by

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 FINITE PLANET waste Global Capitalism excessive consumption Fossil Fuels floods forest storms fires impact on oil intensive industries polar ice glaciers airlines diversion of automobile grain to biofuel industrial s agriculture Rising Temperatures melting of ice heat waves droughts declining rainfall economic devastation regional & internat. conflicts overgrazing Soil Erosion Water Scarcity falling water tables rivers running dry shrinking grain harvest habitat alterations lakes disappeari ng advancing deserts Threats to Food Security Climate Refugees overfishing habitat destruction dust storms degradatio damage to coral reefs n of land Collapsin g Fisheries Species Extinctio n Impact on Ecosystem Services water purification pollination flood control, etc. Famine Failing States chaos in world grain markets loss of personal security health challenges HIV epidemic deforestation farmers vs. cities Impact on irrigation by large rivers food riots Poverty Depletion of Resources crop withering rising seas Rise of Food Prices social exclusion massive carbon release Climate Change Peak Oil increase of energy costs illiteracy social inequality energy and resource intensive pollution web of life ecological cycles illusio Population n Growth failure to include social & envir. costs massive market lack of failure family information demograph planning technology financial ic pressure no ethics networks Economic Growth “free trade” rules throw-away economy nonlinear patterns terroris m disintegration of law and order civil conflict POTENTIAL UNRAVELING OF tears in the fabric of the web of life

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 Economic Growth FINITE PLANET illusio n failure to include social & envir. costs massive market failure Population Growth nonlinear patterns web of life ecological cycles

Global Capitalism linear thinking materialism, greed UNLIMITED GROWTH Corporate Growth Economic Growth “free trade” rules throw-away economy waste pollution excessive consumption energy and resource intensive Global Capitalism FINITE PLANET nonlinear patterns web of life ecological cycles illusio Population n Growth failure to include social & envir. costs massive market lack of failure family information demograph planning technology financial ic pressure no ethics networks social inequality illiteracy social exclusion Poverty health challenges HIV epidemic Depletion of Resources

Population Growth and Poverty UNLIMITED GROWTH FINITE PLANETnonlinear patterns illusion web of life 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 regional & internat. conflicts deforestation overfishing overgrazing habitat destruction farmers vs. cities Soil Erosion Water Scarcity falling water tables rivers running dry lakes disappearin g advancing deserts dust storms damage to degradation coral reefs of land Collapsing Fisheries Species Extinction Impact on Ecosystem Services water purification pollination flood control, etc.

Global Climate Change Fossil Fuels massive carbon release Climate Change floods forest storms fires polar ice glaciers Rising Temperatures melting of ice Depletion of Resources heat waves droughts declining rainfall crop withering economic devastation farmers vs. cities Water Scarcity rising seas shrinking grain harvest habitat alterations Impact on irrigation by large rivers Climate Refugees regional & internat. conflicts deforestation overgrazing Soil Erosion habitat destruction overfishing Collapsin g Fisheries

Global Climate Change massive carbon release Climate Change floods forest storms fires polar ice glaciers Rising Temperatures melting of ice heat waves droughts declining rainfall crop withering economic devastation regional & internat. conflicts farmers vs. cities rising seas shrinking grain harvest habitat alterations Impact on irrigation by large rivers lakes disappeari ng Threats to Food Security Climate Refugees overgrazing Soil Erosion Water Scarcity falling water tables rivers running dry deforestation advancing deserts habitat destruction dust storms degradatio damage to coral reefs n of land Species Extinctio n 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 forest storms fires polar ice glaciers Rising Temperatures melting of ice economic devastation declining rainfall regional & internat. conflicts farmers vs. cities shrinking grain harvest Scarcity falling water tables rivers running dry lakes disappeari ng Threats to Food Security overfishing deforestation overgrazing Soil Erosion Water habitat alterations Rise of Food Prices heat waves droughts crop withering rising seas Impact on irrigation by large rivers Depletion of Resources advancing deserts habitat destruction dust storms degradatio damage to coral reefs n of land Collapsin g Fisheries Species Extinctio n Impact on Ecosystem Services water purification pollination flood control, etc.

Failing States Threats to Food Security Impact on Ecosystem Services water purification pollination flood control, etc. Climate Refugees Famine Failing States loss of personal security terrorism disintegration of law and order civil conflict POTENTIAL UNRAVELING OF CIVILIZATION tears in the fabric of the web of life

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