InterconnectedneInterconnectednessss ofof World ProblemsWorld Problems

A Conceptual Map by

Fritjof Capra

Based on Plan B 3.0, by Lester Brown

POTENTIAL UNRAVELING OF CIVILIZATION

Failing States

rivers running dry

advancing deserts

social inequality

pollution

regional & internat. conflicts

habitat destruction

overfishing deforestation

overgrazing

farmers vs. cities

falling water tables lakes

disappearing

Climate Change Depletion of ResourcesPeak Oil

Soil Erosion

Water Scarcity

Threats to Food Security

Species Extinction

Impact on Ecosystem

Services

Collapsing Fisheries

Rise of Food Prices

Climate RefugeesFamine

Rising Temperatures

loss of personal security

terrorism civil conflict

disintegration of law and order

increase of energy costs

diversion of grain to biofuel

impact on oil intensive industries

airlines automobiles

industrial agriculture

chaos in world grain markets

shrinking grain harvest

habitat alterations

rising seas

melting of ice

polar ice

glaciers

Impact on irrigation by large rivers

Fossil Fuels

forest firesstorms

floods droughtsheat waves

economic devastationcrop withering

declining rainfall

dust storms

massive carbon release

degradation of land

damage to coral reefs

water purification pollination flood control, etc.

tears in the fabric of the web of lifefood riots

illusion

massive market failure

failure to include social & envir. costsEconomic Growth

Corporate Growth

linear thinkingFINITE PLANETUNLIMITED GROWTH materialism, greed nonlinear patterns

web of lifeecological cycles

Population Growth

health challenges

illiteracy

lack of family planning

waste

“free trade” rules

excessive consumptionthrow-away economy

information technologyfinancial networksno ethics

demographic pressureGlobal Capitalism

social exclusion

HIV epidemicPoverty

energy and resource intensive

linear thinking

FINITE PLANETUNLIMITED GROWTH materialism, greed nonlinear patternsweb of life

ecological cycles

The Fundamental Dilemma

illusion

massive market failure

failure to include social & envir. costsEconomic Growth

Corporate Growth

linear thinkingFINITE PLANETUNLIMITED GROWTH materialism, greed nonlinear patterns

web of lifeecological cycles

Population Growth

Three Kinds of Growth

illusion

massive market failure

failure to include social & envir. costsEconomic Growth

Corporate Growth

linear thinkingFINITE PLANETUNLIMITED GROWTH materialism, greed nonlinear patterns

web of lifeecological cycles

Population Growth

health challenges

illiteracy

lack of family planning

waste

“free trade” rules

excessive consumptionthrow-away economy

information technologyfinancial networksno ethics

demographic pressureGlobal Capitalism

social exclusion

HIV epidemicPoverty

energy and resource intensivesocial inequality

Depletion of Resources

pollution

Global Capitalism

illusion

massive market failure

failure to include social & envir. costsEconomic Growth

FINITE PLANETUNLIMITED GROWTH nonlinear patternsweb of life

ecological cycles

Population Growth

health challenges

illiteracy

lack of family planning

information technology

financial networks

no ethics

demographic pressureGlobal Capitalism

social exclusion

HIV epidemic

Poverty

social inequality

Depletion of Resources

Population Growth and Poverty

rivers running dry

advancing deserts

regional & internat. conflicts

habitat destruction

overfishing deforestation

overgrazing

farmers vs. cities

falling water tables

lakes disappearing

Depletion of Resources

Soil Erosion

Water Scarcity Species Extinction

Impact on Ecosystem Services

Collapsing Fisheries

dust storms

degradation of land

damage to coral reefs

water purification

pollination

flood control, etc.

Depletion of Resources

regional & internat. conflicts

habitat destruction

overfishing deforestation

overgrazing

farmers vs. cities

Climate Change Depletion of Resources

Soil Erosion

Water Scarcity

Collapsing Fisheries

Climate Refugees

Rising Temperatures

shrinking grain harvest

habitat alterations

rising seas

melting of ice

polar ice

glaciers

Impact on irrigation by large rivers

Fossil Fuels

forest firesstorms

floods droughtsheat waves

economic devastationcrop withering

declining rainfall

massive carbon release

Global Climate Change

rivers running dry

advancing deserts

regional & internat. conflicts

habitat destruction

deforestation

overgrazing

farmers vs. cities

falling water tables lakes

disappearing

Climate Change

Soil Erosion

Water Scarcity

Threats to Food Security

Species Extinction

Impact on Ecosystem

Services

Climate Refugees

Rising Temperatures

shrinking grain harvest

habitat alterations

rising seas

melting of ice

polar ice

glaciers

Impact on irrigation by large rivers

forest firesstorms

floods droughtsheat waves

economic devastationcrop withering

declining rainfall

dust storms

massive carbon release

degradation of land

damage to coral reefs

water purification pollination flood control, etc.

Global Climate Change

Rise of Food Prices

diversion of grain to biofuel

impact on oil intensive industries

airlines automobiles

industrial agriculture

chaos in world grain markets

food riots

Fossil Fuels

Peak Oil

increase of energy costs

Peak Oil

rivers running dry

advancing deserts

regional & internat. conflicts

habitat destruction

overfishing deforestation

overgrazing

farmers vs. cities

falling water tables lakes

disappearing

Climate Change Depletion of Resources

Soil Erosion

Water Scarcity

Threats to Food Security

Species Extinction

Impact on Ecosystem

Services

Collapsing Fisheries

Rise of Food Prices

Rising Temperatures

shrinking grain harvest

habitat alterations

rising seas

melting of ice

polar ice

glaciers

Impact on irrigation by large rivers

Fossil Fuels

forest firesstorms

floods droughtsheat waves

economic devastationcrop withering

declining rainfall

dust storms

massive carbon release

degradation of land

damage to coral reefs

water purification pollination flood control, etc.

Threats to Food Security

POTENTIAL UNRAVELING OF CIVILIZATION

Failing States

Threats to Food SecurityImpact on Ecosystem

Services

Climate Refugees

Famine

loss of personal security

terrorism civil conflict

disintegration of law and order

water purification

pollination

flood control, etc.

tears in the fabric of the web of life

Failing States

POTENTIAL UNRAVELING OF CIVILIZATION

Failing States

rivers running dry

advancing deserts

social inequality

pollution

regional & internat. conflicts

habitat destruction

overfishing deforestation

overgrazing

farmers vs. cities

falling water tables lakes

disappearing

Climate Change Depletion of ResourcesPeak Oil

Soil Erosion

Water Scarcity

Threats to Food Security

Species Extinction

Impact on Ecosystem

Services

Collapsing Fisheries

Rise of Food Prices

Climate RefugeesFamine

Rising Temperatures

loss of personal security

terrorism civil conflict

disintegration of law and order

increase of energy costs

diversion of grain to biofuel

impact on oil intensive industries

airlines automobiles

industrial agriculture

chaos in world grain markets

shrinking grain harvest

habitat alterations

rising seas

melting of ice

polar ice

glaciers

Impact on irrigation by large rivers

Fossil Fuels

forest firesstorms

floods droughtsheat waves

economic devastationcrop withering

declining rainfall

dust storms

massive carbon release

degradation of land

damage to coral reefs

water purification pollination flood control, etc.

tears in the fabric of the web of lifefood riots

illusion

massive market failure

failure to include social & envir. costsEconomic Growth

Corporate Growth

linear thinkingFINITE PLANETUNLIMITED GROWTH materialism, greed nonlinear patterns

web of lifeecological cycles

Population Growth

health challenges

illiteracy

lack of family planning

waste

“free trade” rules

excessive consumptionthrow-away economy

information technologyfinancial networksno ethics

demographic pressureGlobal Capitalism

social exclusion

HIV epidemicPoverty

energy and resource intensive