Rush for resources or preservation of common goods? Two scenarios for managing resources in the Anthropocene era

The Covid-19 pandemic is being apprehended by many experts as one of the symptoms of the Anthropocene, the new geological era characterised by the structural impact of human activities on the dynamic of our ecosystems. While the Anthropocene era will accelerate crises and pressures on the natural heritage, what approach will our economic and managerial systems take to natural resources? Two scenarios are possible: an acceleration of predatory dynamics, a grab for natural resources, leading to an acceleration of the ecological crisis and a radical increase in inequalities, or a reasoned political choice to adopt a model of moderate energy and resource consumption, preserving our habitat and thinking about the commons.