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Dominique Bourg is a French philosopher. Since 2006, he is professor at the Faculty of Geosciences and Environment of the University of Lausanne .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. Wikipedia  

✵ 11. August 1953
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Dominique Bourg Quotes

“[…] the nation’s present and future well-being is now threatened by human control over the biosphere including its underlying mechanisms. As a result, a new challenge begets the state’s responsibility: anticipating and preventing future and irreversible degradations, even if it implies severe constraints to the present.”

Dominique Bourg

"For an Ecological Democracy" https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/for-an-ecological-democracy, Green European Journal, 2014.

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“For modern philosophers, the government’s function is rather to contribute to the maximisation of individual interests and facilitate trade between nations. […] Today, however, in a world of finite resources, where human activity threatens the ecological equilibrium, this conception is obsolete…”

Dominique Bourg

"For an Ecological Democracy" https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/for-an-ecological-democracy, Green European Journal, 2014.

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