ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses both unemployment and environmental degradation are incompatible with the true meaning of sustainable development, but that these two problems may be merged to form a single solution. Work is a necessary part of biological existence. Even the amoeba does work in the act of moving towards and engulfing its food. The introduction of machines to do work previously carried out by humans is an intrinsic part of economic growth. Job sharing is a reasonable response to the fact that work itself is stressful and worklessness is also stressful. Redistribution of work and a positive view of increased leisure is helpful, but cannot be seen as the sole response to worklessness. Public transport work will comfortably offset the lay-offs that Green policies will cause in the motor car and road construction industry. New patterns of work and the ability of machines to take over much repetitive work means that people will all have more leisure time.
