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India

 Tracing the Fractures 

 Stories of the costs of abundance 

Consumption-driven capitalism, dominant since the 18th-century Industrial Revolution, has exhausted natural resources, degraded ecosystems and collapsed biodiversity at the fastest pace in human history. Today, Asia stands at the collision point of the world’s most populous consumer market, its largest factory floor, and its preeminent fossil-fuel hub.
 

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  Sebastian Castelier is a journalist and photojournalist who chronicles the consumption-driven capitalist system exceeding Earth's regenerative capacities in the era of ecological breakdown, with a focus on Asia. His reports have been featured in 15 languages. 

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