We need to value natural capital | Greenbiz

Instead of making things that add value back to a system, our current linear economic model extracts and processes raw materials from nature, produces pollution and returns negative externalities back to the planet in the form of waste — which then affects all living things in negative ways. Externalities are things not accounted for in the current... See more

The contemporary “degrowth” movement, Giacomo D’Alisa, Federico Demaria, and Giorgios Kallis explain, isn’t against growth, per se; it calls, instead, for a critique of growth as an end in itself, for the “decolonization of public debate from the idiom of economism and for the abolishment of economic growth as a social objective.” [4] In other word

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Balancing the national economy will require new macro-economic models that combine economic, financial, social and ecological variables. Models such as  LowGrow SFC  (developed by T.J. and P.A.V.),  EUROGREEN  and  MEDEAS  are already being used to project the impacts of degrowth policies, including redistributive tax

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We are approaching the biggest ecological collapse in 65 million years. The urgency of this moment demands a different kind of thinking — one that puts life at the centre of every decision. In conversation with Standard Deviation, we explore visions for a regenerative future, and what it means to give back much more than we take.