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The present global ecological crisis demands a critical reassessment. This book suggests that one valuable approach can be found in the well-known I=PAT formulation: that environmental impact (I) is a function of population (P), affluence (A), and technology (T). The contributors propose that IPAT can be assessed in light of the concept of sufficiency: the idea that limits, bounds, or “enoughness” are central to the discussion. What is ‘sufficiency’ in this context, in an era defined by ecological overshoot and growth-driven economic policies? How much is enough, and how much is too much? This volume breaks new ground by addressing all three of the IPAT factors in a forthright manner, in the light of sufficiency.

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David Skrbina, PhD, is a visiting researcher at the University of Helsinki, and was previously a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Michigan, Dearborn for 15 years. He is the author or editor of 11 books, including The Metaphysics of Technology (Routledge, 2015). Toni Ruuska is Senior Researcher at the University of Helsinki, Principle Investigator of Underdogs of Just Transition research project (2024-2027), and Co-editor of Mayfly Books. Ruuska has co-edited Sustainability Beyond Technology (Oxford University Press, 2021) and is the author of Reproduction Revisited: Capitalism, Higher Education and Ecological Crisis (Mayfly Books, 2019). His theoretical work focuses on ecological Marxism, eco-feminism, and phenomenology. Tina Nyfors is a doctoral researcher University of Helsinki. Her research focuses on sufficiency in a policy- and an environmental-movement context, and she has authored the article “Ecological Sufficiency in Climate Policy: Towards Policies for Recomposing Consumption” (2020).

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