Feasta submission to the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss

This submission argues that we need to reorient economic activity in Ireland away from pursuing increased consumption (GDP growth) as an end in itself, and towards social and ecological wellbeing. It makes a series of recommendations to help bring about this change in orientation.

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