Sustainable economic systems

The capitalist economy is based on continuous growth of the consumer base, and as such is not sustainable. It is time to look into sustainable economic models - here are some starting points:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026786.000-special-report-how-our-economy-is-killing-the-earth.html

I mentioned this in the last post, but here it is again:
http://www.steadystate.org/

Also check out the work of Herman Daly:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Daly

Environmental crises such as global warming, depletion of fisheries, pollution, and water scarcity cannot be addressed without acknowledging the cause: overpopulation/overconsumption. US population has a greater negative impact on the environment because our rate of resource consumption per person outstrips that of any other nation.