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The founder of the Capital Institute, John
Fullerton, says that climate change is just one symptom of a "full-world
economy." Interviewed by Daniel Erasmus at King's College, April 2010.
Robert Costanza is Director of the Institute for Sustainable Solutions at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Costanza is
co-founder and past-president of the
International Society for Ecological Economics. In this presentation he discusses sustainability from definition through to the processes necessary to come up with solutions to creating a better, more sustainable world.
Dr. Peter G. Brown is a Professor of Geography at McGill University. In this discussion he calls out important points from his book, co-authored by with Geoffrey Garver, "Right Relationship: Buildng a Whole Earth Economy. Our current economic system—which assumes endless growth and limitless
potential wealth—flies in the face of the fact that the earths resources
are finite. The result is increasing destruction of the natural world
and growing, sometimes lethal, tension between rich and poor, global
north and south. Trying to fix problems piecemeal is not the solution.
We need a comprehensive new vision of an economy that can serve people
and all of lifes commonwealth.
There is no question that global warming exists, but there is little
action among the government and society at large to take steps to combat
it. Economist Frank Ackerman argues that the standard economic models
used to calculate the global cost of protection, versus the cost of
destruction of the planet, focus on an incomplete cost-benefit analysis.Hosted by The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future on April 28, 2009.
Larry O'Connor, lecturer in accounting in the business school of La Trobe University in Australia started out with his inquiry as to how accounting is bringing about changes towards a more sustainable economy and has come to the conclusion that it isn't. The driver remains idealogy of the free market is set within a certain value set and has been misrepresented as an "agenda of reform," but is really deforming, putting economics at the center spot, making the economic value at the center of all things to include turning Universities into profit centers. As a result, accounting is being used to entrench the status quo rather than to benefit sustainability.
This video was produced by Ruth Ann Barrett, producer, EarthSayers.tv as part of her participation in Portland State University's Social Sustainability Network. The video was made in June, 2010.
Excerpt of an interview with Guujaaw (Haida): Guujaaw speaks to the importance of the land in meeting the needs of the Haida people, and of having an economy that works with his people's focus on the multigenerational aspects of life.
This clip is part of a series exploring the meaning of sustainability from the perspectives of indigenous leaders from the bioregion of Salmon Nation. See Native Perspectives on Sustainability project.
Click here to go to our special collection on Clean Tech to view more videos on this critical issue and hear from leaders, experts, teachers, and citizens.
Race for American Jobs in Columbus, Ohio
Part of a series featuring business and civic leaders to include the following, all of them addressing important issues of job creation and moving towards a low carbon economy.
Sustainability Clean Tech and Energy, thought leadership, 2010.
Raj Patel talks about economic models in a way that points out a number of significant problems with the free market one and highlights some of the the ones that are working. Remember Mr. Greenspan's testimon before Congress? "I found a flaw in the model that I perceive is the critical functioning structure that defines how the world works, so to speak." He refers to a book that is to be published and was published this month, The Value of Nothing.
A trailer for a 10 minute video on the Ecotrust belief that building local, living communities is the way to save the economy and the environment at the same time. The film shares the stories of analysts, professors, bankers, students, entrepreneurs and architects, and their movement toward a new economic model of recovery and sustainability.
This and other programs are available on EarthSayers as well as the EcoTrust Website and on their YouTube Channel.
Race for American Jobs
Colorado
With a triple bottom line orientation, Ann Livingston discusses a low cost public structure to flow private dollars ($10M so far). Ann is sustainability coordinator for Boulder County, Colorado. Other leaders featured include Stacy Barr, National Program Director, Veterans Green Jobs, Alice Madden, Colorado Climate Chanage Coordinator; Auden Schendler, Director of Sustainability, Aspen Skiing Company; John Powers, Sustainable Colorado; and Ravi Malhorta of iCAST.
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