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Category Archives: Natural resources and economy
Where to invest and where to find the money to save the Baltic?
The Foundation, as a member of the Baltic Works Commission, is concerned that the debate over how to invest in restoring the Baltic is being confused by WWF. [..]
Playing with pollution: an introduction to the simulation
This short (3,5 minutes) video explains what goes on in the Foundation’s simulation and business game, designed to increase understanding of economic measures to stimulate pollution reduction. The [..]
Enough is Enough: new book on the steady-state economy
In this new book, Enough Is Enough, Rob Dietz and Dan O’Neill lay out a visionary but realistic alternative to the perpetual pursuit of economic growth—an economy where [..]
Foundation proposes innovative approach to creating the circular economy, phosphorous emission-free society
STOCKHOLM APRIL 7th. Last month, the foundation together with a consortium of scientists and sustainability practitioners, including The Natural Step and The Stockholm Environmental Institute, submitted a project proposal to study Gotland as [..]
Flexible Fees applied to phosphorous and nitrogen
Inorganic phosphorus in the form of the phosphate PO3−4 is required for all known forms of life, playing a major role in biological molecules such as DNA and [..]
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 [..]
Lack of cheap energy will undermine economic growth – decoupling impossible
“Lack of cheap energy will undermine economic growth – decoupling is impossible,” says economic analyst and writer Nicole Foss. The whole debate on decoupling, energy effectiveness and energy [..]
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 [..]
TSSEF participates in Flexible Fee workshop with Nordic Council of Ministers
The Foundation was invited to participate in a workshop initiated by the Nordic Council of Ministers on flexible emissions fees at the Royal College of Technology, Stockholm the [..]
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 [..]