www.EcoChange.org is my effort to freely share what I continue to learn about sustainable companies, organizations, products, resources, and ideology.
I believe:
· The environment is not a minor factor of production but rather is “an envelope containing, provisioning, and sustaining the entire economy.â€
· The limiting factor to future economic development is the availability and functionality of natural capital, in particular, life supporting services that have no substitutes and currently have no market value.
· Misconceived or badly designed business systems, population growth, and wasteful patterns of consumption are the primary causes of the loss of natural capital, and all three must be addressed to achieve a sustainable economy.
· Future economic progress can best take place in democratic, market-based systems or production and distribution in which all forms of capital are fully valued, including human, manufactured, financial, and natural capital.
· One of the keys to the most beneficial employment of people, money, and the environment is radical increases in resource productivity.
· Human welfare is best served by improving the quality and flow of desired services delivered, rather than by merely increasing the total dollar flow.
· Economic and environmental sustainability depends on redressing global inequities of income and material well-being.
· The best long-term environment for commerce is provided by true democratic systems of governance that are based on the needs of people rather than business.
I hope you find www.EcoChange.org informative, practical, & useful.Think global, Buy local!
-Ed
