Archive for the ‘A functional economy encourages conservation’ Category
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Comprehensive information package
This collection of documents is for those wishing to gain a comprehensive understanding of Flexible Fees. For More information please contact the Foundation.
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Power down and degrowth models show the possibilities.
Professor Peter Victor explores degrowth. Actually, if you divide work, tax carbon and redistribute fees to the people we all end up better. All 8 billion. Excellent work in economic modelling. There is no excuse to not explore this seriously as a political option. Which party will move first?
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Flexible emission fees set new direction towards sustainable development?
A recent report from The Nordic Council of Ministers ( title: Flexible emission fees - An incentive for driving sustainable production and consumption) is optimistic that growth and environmental goals can be reconciled. If the conclusions of the report can be implemented, it could set a new direction towards sustainable development. The starting point for the [...]
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New approaches ready to reduce carbon emissions if economy drives them
This video lists over 20 ready-to go solutions to reducing carbon emissions. They are waiting for the economy. This gives us hope that once flexible fees are introduced a rapid transformation can start. Transportation without Oil: 23 Steps to a Sustainable Energy Future from BC Sustainable Energy on Vimeo.
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On the same page with Sir Richard Branson
Writing in the British newspaper, the Telegraph, today, Sir Richard Branson, co-founder of the Virgin Group, says Business as usual is wrecking our planet. Resources are being used up. Air, sea and land are heavily polluted. The poor are getting poorer. Many are dying of starvation, or because they cannot afford life-saving medicine. Nearly half [...]
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Economic reality check from Tim Jackson
The economic system we have is incapable of delivering the transition to a zero or negative carbon system we need, says professor Tim Jackson. The system pulls economic resources through the system. If we not buy the system crashes, but if it continues we are in debt with a degraded environment. This is about people [...]
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Why there is still plenty of money to build a prosperous future
There are plenty of resources around. And there is much we can do to use them to handle the current crisis. But the strategy of saving is actually a strategy of waste. Stopping spending, having people unemployed and not investing is a waste of the real resources we have. We await the new”Story of” film [...]
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BBC report echos recent workshop: how to make green energy affordable
The debate is hotting up in England, as resistance to wind power is growing, amidst the coalition’s aim “to be the greenest government ever”. At the same time, the percentage of people’s spending on energy is rising. Some one in six are now “energy poor”, spending more than 10% of their budget on energy. If green energy [...]
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Depletion of our seas is a symptom of our dysfunctional economic system
How can a system that drives depletion of our seas be good for us? Surely a good economic system ensures we do not remove all fish from our seas? What has gone wrong? Why is the so-called market creating a perception of value that drives a voracious market for fishing or worse….. waste of fish? [...]
