SWIBN presentation by Bonnie Horsman of New Solutions " The business of being Green"

1. Bonnie Horsman
Director
New Way Solutions Ltd

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7.  We need 1.4 Planet Earths to support us and
absorb our waste. In 30 years it is likely to rise
to 2 Planet Earths
Source: Global Footprint Network
www.footprintnetwork.org

8. United Kingdom
Source: Global Footprint Network
www.footprintnetwork.org

9. Ireland
Source: Global Footprint Network
www.footprintnetwork.org

10. United States of America
Source: Global Footprint Network
www.footprintnetwork.org

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15.  The Web of Biodiversity
 Resources & Pollution
 Well being
 The Green New Deal
 New Economics Foundation

16.  Waste Measures
 Green Procurement
 Energy Conservation
 The Carbon Chain
 Streamline systems
 An Energy Use Audit

17.  The Big Society
 Transition Towns
 Close the Feedback Loops
 The Local Economy

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19.  Community Supported Agriculture
 Locally Owned Energy Supply
 Green Branding
 Sponsorship
 Design & Technology
 New Forms of Investment
 Local Authority Links

21.  “Live more simply so that others can
simply live”
 Sustainable Development
Development that “meets the needs of
the present without compromising the
ability of future generations to meet
their own needs”
‘Our Common Future’ -
Report by the Brundtland Commission, 1987

22. • We fit within our own planet and our
ecosystems
• We slow down and improve our wellbeing
• Resources Over Trade
• Global and Local
• Bottom Up Engagement
• Sustainable Nations
• The Future Secured

23.  New Economics Foundation
 www.neweconomics.org
 www.impossiblehamster.org
 Transition Towns
 www.transitiontownsireland.ning.com
 Green New Deal
 www.greennewdealgoup.org
 Big Society
 www.thebigsociety.co.uk