Economicology : The Eleventh Commandment - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0966436709 ISBN 13: 9780966436709

Verlag: Economicology Press, 1998

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Peter M. Wege coined the term "Economicology" in his book Economicology: The Eleventh Commandment. A combination of economics and ecology, it is a basic requirement for achieving sustainability. Wege identifies the six E's of our future: Economics, Environment, Ecology, Ethics, Empathy and Education. This work provides the reader with a breadth and a diversity of critical ideas and concepts drawn from the author's life experience as well as from important and valued writings of contemporary and historic individuals. The topics range from industrial ecology and solar power to population control and human consumption patterns.

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An author, ecologist, educator, environmentalist, father, futurist, grandfather, industrialist, innovator, philanthropist, pilot, renaissance man.

Peter Melvin Wege, was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, received a traditional Catholic School elementary education and later attended Brown Military Academy and Lake Forest Academy. In 1940 Peter began studies in Industrial Design at the University of Michigan's School of Architecture.

While pursuing his education, Peter was called to duty in the armed services, winning his wings as flight pilot at Eagle Pass, Texas in 1943. Upon returning to Grand Rapids after the war, Peter began working at Metal Office Furniture Company, a company founded by his father Peter Martin Wege, which later grew to become the largest office furniture manufacturing company in the world, known today as Steelcase, Inc.

It was during Peter's service in WWII that he became alarmed at the hazards of pollution and the harmful effects to the environment. He began working as an industrialist, philanthropist, ecologist and environmentalist while he was a young father in his 30's. His many accomplishments and affiliations over the years include: Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Franciscan Life Process Center, Chairman Emeritus of the National Pollution Prevention Center at the University of Michigan, Founder and Present Trustee of the Center for Environmental Study, Past President and Honorary Board Member of the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Past President of the Board of Trustees of St. Mary's Hospital, Past Chairman and Present Trustee for the Aquinas College Board of Trustees, Vice Chairman of the Board of Steelcase, Inc., Trustee of the Steelcase Foundation, and President of the Wege Foundation.

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"Caring for Creation" is not an idle statement, but a credo to guide us on a daily basis. For even though all living creatures are affected by pollution, only man has the ability to do something about it. My philosophy as an "Econonmicologist" has been trying to make people see there are limits to growth, starting with how many humans our planet can support. With over five billion people on earth by early 1993, we are already out of control in terms of population. Does this mean we should throw our hands up and quit? Not at all. For people of conscience and spirituality can - and will - understand that these over-population troubles are a result of man's evolutionary climb. Now man must take the next evolutionary step to cure the crowding troubles he has created.

For everything threatening the life-support system of Earth is either a direct or indirect result of the world's excessive birth rate. Whether it is Earth's temperature, or the topsoil lost to the sea, or the acres lost to deserts, or the extinction of living species, all the forces destroying our globe emanate from too many people drawing from one fixed well or resources.

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• Verlag: Economicology Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0966436709
• ISBN 13: 9780966436709
• Einband: Taschenbuch
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