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“In regard to the health of planet Earth, business should be a value adder. The sum of global business activity should actually add value to natural ecosystems.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Applying renewable energy sources in full at scale will make possible a multitude of new business opportunities.”

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“The key to having a permaculture economy is ensuring that the waste from every one is a resource for another. When every ones waste is a resource for another, interesting truths emerge - no waste exists in the system as a whole, resources become abundant and easily accessible, businesses become generally more profitable, and wealth becomes more widely distributed. This is a circular economy. This is a permaculture economy.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“The way fungi and mycorrhizae direct nutrients in biological ecosystems is a case study for how we can direct resources within human economic systems. And in doing this, we cultivate a multitude of business opportunities.”

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“There are a multitude of benefits that arise when we use stigmergic coordination for collective benefit in our business ecosystems.”

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“In business, as is the case in nature, circularity amplifies profit.”

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Book:Business Essentials

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“When we apply IP licensing at scale in an exclusive system and in alignment with permaculture principles, we give businesses in the network a strategic advantage while helping the world transition to a better state of being.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“In a way, plants are the business ventures of fungi. To fungi, plants are long term investments that provide enormous yield. And to the plants, fungi are very valuable investments that provide enormous yield. There's something to learn there applicable to the design of business networks and economic systems.”

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“In a permaculture economy, every job is an essential job.”

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“3d printers use less material, labor and energy yet they're more effective than substractive manufacturing machines. At full potential and systems scale, they achieve greater results in less time. When something does more with less, it's a good investment. And when that's employed on a systems level, theres a multiplicative benefit effect.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Inheritance is a natural phenomena. Every tree in every forest is first expected to productively utilize the inheritance it receives from prior generations of trees and other life forms. And every tree in every forest is expected to provide an inheritance of new substance created through growth for subsequent generations of trees and other life forms. In ecological systems, there is a correlation between inheritance and growth, each facilitating the other. Economic systems should function in the same way.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Mayflower-Plymouth has created The Permaculture Index as an alternative to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P, the Nasdaq and the Nikkei. The purpose of The Permaculture Index is to provide a more holistic representation of the health of the economy. And then we have several sub-indices which aim to present a more holistic representation of specific markets.”

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“Equity is an important part of a Permaculture system.”

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“In terms of permaculture design in business, ethics are really important. In this design approach, we design for sustainability and efficiency and growth. And we also design for equity and wellbeing. Everything matters. It's a holistic approach.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“In the permaculture economy, recycling isn't good enough. It's more about upcycling - because as resources cycle through the system, they should continue to add greater value to the system.”

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“We can only have a Permaculture Economy when we systematically begin to treat waste as a resource.”

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“The profit motive is the most potent source of collective motivation and the most efficient means for society to solve its problems. Anywhere you insert a profit motive - people will self assemble groups, leverage resources, and implement processes all in the effort to satisfy that profit motive.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“The sum of global business activity should actually add value to natural ecosystems.”

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“Permaculture is an even higher standard than ESG. Whereas ESG is a compartmentalized approach to evaluating businesses, permaculture is a holistic approach to evaluating businesses.”

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“To make progress on climate, we need systemic change, not incremental change. Every business and every person has a role to play in that.”

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“In nature, waste does not exist. There is only production and consumption; there is only creation and utilization. We need to model nature in how we manage our businesses.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“When we apply the principles of permaculture to business operations - we end up with more profitable businesses, more resilient businesses, and businesses that holistically add value to all stakeholders.”

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Book:Business Essentials

Source: Business Essentials

“If you want to better understand business and economics - go meditate in a forest.”

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Author:Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Waste is antithetical to efficiency. You cannot have one while also having the other. In maximizing one, the other will definitely be minimized. In minimizing one, the other will definitely be maximized.”

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“There are huge business opportunities in geoengineering, if it's done in alignment with permaculture principles. And big climate change problems can be solved in the process.”

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“It's important to empower localized problem-solving in the way mycelium networks do.”

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“A business that exploits the suffering of living beings is not worthy of profit.”

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“Technology is important. We should utilize technology as a tool to help cultivate a permaculture economy. As we ensure that various technologies converge within the context of permaculture design and permaculture ethics, we make the world a better place.”

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“The best ones to solve the climate change problem are businesses all around the world. If each business adapts permaculture principles, we would see massive improvements in climate and natural ecosystem conditions.”

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