Name Dominique Bourg | ||
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Dominique Bourg (born 11 August 1953) is a French philosopher. Since 2006, he is professor at the Faculty of Geosciences and Environment of the University of Lausanne (Switzerland).
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- Conf rence de dominique bourg la vie ternelle la vie menac e
- Dominique bourg enjeux environnementaux globaux l impuissance de nos institutions 13 06 2012 mp4
- Works
- Honours
- Other
- References
He has two doctorates and is a specialist of the environment, global changes and sustainable development. He published many articles and books and participated in various committees related to the environment.
Dominique bourg enjeux environnementaux globaux l impuissance de nos institutions 13 06 2012 mp4
Works
Dominique Bourg co-directed La pensée écologique. Une anthologie (literally "Ecological Thinking: an Anthology") with Augustin Fragnière (2014) and the Dictionnaire de la pensée écologique ("Dictionary of Ecological Thinking") with Alain Papaux (2015). He analyses that, "Ecological thinking is characterised by a critique of modernity, a scepticism about the possibility of solving environmental problems through technology and a questioning of the separation between humans and nature".
According to Dominique Bourg, the root of the problem (the deterioration of the environment) on a global scale is the flow of materials and energy (linked with consumerism). He also thinks that, since twenty to thirty years, economic growth increased wealth concentration and economic inequality, accelerated the destruction of resources and of natural equilibriums without making people more happy or providing more jobs as it was promised.
Honours
Other
Dominique Bourg was part of the "Coppens commission" who prepared the French Charter for the Environment of 2004.