Peccei, Aurelio
Published: August 18, 2006, 6:28 pm
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Aurelio Peccei (1908-1984), an Italian scholar and businessman who founded the think tank The Club of Rome in 1968. In 1930, Peccei graduated from the University of Turin in Italy with a degree in economics. He then secured a position with Fiat and he helped rebuild the company. The Club of Rome was founded in 1968; according to Peccei: “if the Club of Rome has any merit, it is that of having been the first to rebel against the suicidal ignorance of the human condition.” The Limits to Growth, a study led by Donella Meadows, was commissioned by the organization in 1972. Peccei was skeptical that neither the market nor technology could solve society's pressing energy and environmental problems. After calling together groups of economists and scientists to discuss problems facing the world, they asked Meadows and other scientists at MIT to examine scenarios of future population growth, living standards, resource depletion, and environmental degradation.
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The Club of Rome Website
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Peccei, Aurelio". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 18, 2006; Last revised Date August 18, 2006; Retrieved June 19, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Peccei,_Aurelio>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
Aurelio Peccei (1908-1984), an Italian scholar and businessman who founded the think tank The Club of Rome in 1968. In 1930, Peccei graduated from the University of Turin in Italy with a degree in economics. He then secured a position with Fiat and he helped rebuild the company. The Club of Rome was founded in 1968; according to Peccei: “if the Club of Rome has any merit, it is that of having been the first to rebel against the suicidal ignorance of the human condition.” The Limits to Growth, a study led by Donella Meadows, was commissioned by the organization in 1972. Peccei was skeptical that neither the market nor technology could solve society's pressing energy and environmental problems. After calling together groups of economists and scientists to discuss problems facing the world, they asked Meadows and other scientists at MIT to examine scenarios of future population growth, living standards, resource depletion, and environmental degradation.
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The Club of Rome Website
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