According to the Global Footprint Network, humanity is extracting nearly 50% more natural resources every year than what the planet can naturally regenerate. What will happen when economists understand what ecologists have known for 25 years? Resource curse indeed!

Great article, very informative and motivational for global leaders.

Given the global environmental constraints, humanity is quickly growing aware of the collision course between available natural resources and rate of consumption. This leads to the search for innovation that is not only novel, but that also transforms the conflict effectively.

The kind of innovation that the world urgently needs is one that leads industry, technology, economy and culture towards regeneration of natural ecosystems, constructively moving away from business-as-usual degradation.