Dominique Bourg


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.

Works

Dominique Bourg co-directed La pensée écologique. Une anthologie with Antoine Fragnière and the Dictionnaire de la pensée écologique with Alain Papaux. 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 Bourg, the root of the global problem is the flow of materials and energy. He also thinks that over the last decades, economic growth increased wealth concentration and economic inequality while accelerating the destruction of natural resources and ecosystems, but without fulfilling its promise to provide more jobs or make people happier.

Honours

Dominique Bourg was part of the "Coppens commission" who prepared the French Charter for the Environment of 2004.