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© 2020, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ISBN Print: 9783847111658 – ISBN E-Lib: 9783737011655 source sensible economywithin our globalized societies. The setting up of a “green fence” by China in 2018 revealed the unjust and shameless incon- sistenciesof theglobal rulingecopolitical elite andtheirpractical resourceand waste regime. Countries throughout Asia are shipping waste back to their countriesoforigininCanada,theUS,andEurope.“Indonesiancustomsofficers examineoneof65containersfullofimportedplasticrubbish,attheBatuAmpar port inBatam.IndonesiareturnedfiveothercontainersofrubbishtotheUnited States andwill notbecomea ‘dumpingground’, officials said.”6Somethinggot fundamentally wrong in economic andpolitical thinking and policies, for in- stance, how resources areunderstoodandhandled, locally andglobally. “Very largequantitiesofplasticwaste leakintotheenvironmentfromsourcesbothon land and at sea, generating significant economic and environmental damage. Globally, 5 to 13million tonnes of plastics – 1.5 to 4%of global plastics pro- duction–endupintheoceanseveryyear.It isestimatedthatplasticaccountsfor over 80%ofmarine litter.”7 Indeed, a thoroughly neweconomic andpolitical approach in dealingwith resources is needed and a termination of an embar- rassing shallow throw-awaymentality of shippingwaste over 1000s of kms to othercountries’backyards,nottomentionhowmuchofitendupintheoceans. Theaimmustbe to transformacareless andunsustainable economy that kills into a consistent and sustainable economy, sensible for people andnatural re- sources,aprimaryconcernofresearchandteachingofProf.IngeborgGabrielas economistandtheologian. 1. FromPlanetaryGuardRails towardsResourceEthics Societies and economies have to learn to live strictlywithin “planetary boun- dariesandguardrails”8.TheCOP21ParisAgreement2015setstheupperlimitof 1.58C (28C) for anthropogenic atmosphericwarming. For reducing emissions, circulareconomiesandzerowastemodels are indispensable requirements.For instance, precious rare earthmaterials are limited andneed to be sharedwith present and future generations.However, at themoment, they are still wasted withincreasingpaceandonagrandscale.Thecurrenteconomiclogicofdesign, ipbes.net/sites/default/files/downloads/spm_unedited_advance_for_posting_htn.pdf (acces- sedonAugust27th2019). 6 ChinaDaily,HongKongEdition,Tuesday June18th2019,p. 12. 7 EuropeanCommission,AEuropeanStrategyforPlasticsinaCircularEconomy,Brussels2018, p. 7. 8 WBGU[=GermanAdvisoryCouncilonGlobalChange],HumanProgresswithinPlanetary GuardRails:AContributiontotheSDGDebate,Berlin2014;TimJackson,Prosperitywithout Growth:Economics foraFinitePlanet,London-Washington,DC2009. FranzGassner684 Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY 4.0