Our political and business leaders tell us that economic growth is the answer to everything, increasing GDP. From Nature’s perspective, however, GDP stands for Gross Depletion of the Planet.
How can we build a new cooperative economy that will enable us to meet our human needs, while restoring ecological integrity, and ensuring that Earth’s eight million other species are able to meet their needs too?
Guy Dauncey’s new book Journey to the Future: A Better World is Possible offers a compelling vision of a green future where a new cooperative economy is being put in place.
Presented to the SPEC Elders Circle, Vancouver, May 16, 2017.
45. 1. Ecological ignorance is widespread and profound
2. The self-interested economic mindset ignores
Nature, enabling its destruction.
46. 1. Ecological ignorance is widespread and profound
2. The self-interested economic mindset ignores
Nature, enabling its destruction.
3. Most conventional economists haven’t a clue –
Nature’s loss is just an ‘externality’
47. 1. Ecological ignorance is widespread and profound
2. The self-interested economic mindset ignores
Nature, enabling its destruction.
3. Most conventional economists haven’t a clue –
Nature’s loss is just an ‘externality’
4. The capital growth imperative is blind to
ecological harm.
48. 1. Ecological ignorance is widespread and profound
2. The self-interested economic mindset ignores
Nature, enabling its destruction.
3. Most conventional economists haven’t a clue –
Nature’s loss is just an ‘externality’
4. The capital growth imperative is blind to
ecological harm.
5. The quest for perpetual economic growth leaves
Nature in the ditch.
49. 1. Ecological ignorance is widespread and profound
2. The self-interested economic mindset ignores
Nature, enabling its destruction.
3. Most conventional economists haven’t a clue –
Nature’s loss is just an ‘externality’
4. The capital growth imperative is blind to
ecological harm.
5. The quest for perpetual economic growth leaves
Nature in the ditch.
6. Most politicians listen to the economists, not the
ecologists.
50. 1. Ecological ignorance is widespread and profound
2. The self-interested economic mindset ignores
Nature, enabling its destruction.
3. Most conventional economists haven’t a clue –
Nature’s loss is just an ‘externality’
4. The capital growth imperative is blind to
ecological harm.
5. The quest for perpetual economic growth leaves
Nature in the ditch.
6. Most politicians listen to the economists, not the
ecologists.
7. We have no coherent vision of a future economy
that can operate in harmony with Nature.
51.
52. We must
change our
future story
from negative
to positive,
from
fear and worry
to hope and
determination.
53.
54. 1. Vision, Indicators
2. Harmony with Nature
3. Work, Employment
4. Community Economies
5. Production, Technology
6. Wealth, Poverty, Inequality
7. Ownership, the Commons
8. Banking, Money
9. Public Finances, Tax, Debt
10.Trade, Fair Trade
11.International Finance
12.New Economics
Building a New
Cooperative
Economy:
The Full
Picture
55. 1. Vision, Indicators
2.Harmony with Nature
3. Work, Employment
4. Community Economies
5. Production, Technology
6. Wealth, Poverty, Inequality
7. Ownership, the Commons
8. Banking, Money
9. Public Finances, Tax, Debt
10.Trade, Fair Trade
11.International Finance
12.New Economics
Building a New
Cooperative
Economy:
The Full
Picture
56. Today’s economy is divisive and
degenerative by default.
Tomorrow’s economy must be
distributive and regenerative by
design
- Kate Raworth
Doughnut Economics: 7 Ways to Think Like a 21st Century
Economist
57. 1. Planetary boundaries
2. Population control
3. Nature-love
4. Happy cities
5. Local ecological democracy
6. Circular economy
7. 100% renewable energy
8. 100% organic farming
9. 100% sustainable forestry
10. Social business
11. Social banks
12. Social investment
13. Ecological taxation & regulation
14. New green economics
15. New macro-economic goals
16. Political leadership
58. 1. Planetary boundaries
2. Population control
3. Nature-love
4. Happy cities
5. Local ecological democracy
6. Circular economy
7. 100% renewable energy
8. 100% organic farming
9. 100% sustainable forestry
10. Social business
11. Social banks
12. Social investment
13. Ecological taxation & regulation
14. New green economics
15. New macro-economic goals
16. Political leadership
An Economy
in Harmony with Nature
67. 1. Planetary boundaries
2. Population control
3. Nature-love
4. Happy cities
5. Local ecological democracy
6. Circular economy
7. 100% renewable energy
8. 100% organic farming
9. 100% sustainable forestry
10. Social business
11. Social banks
12. Social investment
13. Ecological taxation & regulation
14. New green economics
15. New macro-economic goals
16. Political leadership
73. 1. Planetary boundaries
2. Population control
3. Nature-love
4. Happy cities
5. Local ecological democracy
6. Circular economy
7. 100% renewable energy
8. 100% organic farming
9. 100% sustainable forestry
10. Social business
11. Social banks
12. Social investment
13. Ecological taxation & regulation
14. New green economics
15. New macro-economic goals
16. Political leadership
96. ALSO
All candidates for School Boards.
All new teachers. All school board staff.
All political candidates at elections.
All candidates for CEO leadership roles.
98. 1. Planetary boundaries
2. Population control
3. Nature-love
4. Happy cities
5. Local ecological democracy
6. Circular economy
7. 100% renewable energy
8. 100% organic farming
9. 100% sustainable forestry
10. Social business
11. Social banks
12. Social investment
13. Ecological taxation & regulation
14. New green economics
15. New macro-economic goals
16. Political leadership
119. 1. Planetary boundaries
2. Population control
3. Nature-love
4. Happy cities
5. Local ecological democracy
6. Circular economy
7. 100% renewable energy
8. 100% organic farming
9. 100% sustainable forestry
10. Social business
11. Social banks
12. Social investment
13. Ecological taxation & regulation
14. New green economics
15. New macro-economic goals
16. Political leadership
143. 1. Planetary boundaries
2. Population control
3. Nature-love
4. Happy cities
5. Local ecological democracy
6. Circular economy
7. 100% renewable energy
8. 100% organic farming
9. 100% sustainable forestry
10. Social business
11. Social banks
12. Social investment
13. Ecological taxation & regulation
14. New green economics
15. New macro-economic goals
16. Political leadership
157. 1. Planetary boundaries
2. Population control
3. Nature-love
4. Happy cities
5. Local ecological democracy
6. Circular economy
7. 100% renewable energy
8. 100% organic farming
9. 100% sustainable forestry
10. Social business
11. Social banks
12. Social investment
13. Ecological taxation & regulation
14. New green economics
15. New macro-economic goals
16. Political leadership
213. 1.Planned to provide power for LNG/fracking
2.BC does not need more power at present.
3.BC has large wind energy resource at the same
price as Site C – 8 cents kWh.