“Sustainability is an economic state where the demands placed upon the environment by people and commerce can be met without reducing the capacity of the environment to provide for future generations. It can also be expressed in the simple terms of an economic golden rule for the restorative economy: Leave the world better than you found it, take no more than you need, try not to harm life or the environment, make amends if you do.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsTryingStatesFoundTermSimpleEconomyEnvironmentGenerationsEconomicMetsDemandCapacityEnvironmentalHarmGoldenSustainabilityCommerceFuture GenerationReducingBetter Than YouGolden RuleAmends Author:Paul Hawken
“Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.” LifeWellsEnoughHappinessSuccessWorkEconomicEffectsSatisfiedFactorsWell BeingAbundanceJoyousMake You HappyEnough TimeSingle Life Author:Paul Hawken
“How is it that we have created an economic system that tells us it is cheaper to destroy the earth and exhaust its people than to nurture them both? Is it rational to have an pricing system which discounts the future and sells off the past? How did we create an economic system that confused capital liquidation with income?” PeopleEarthPastEconomicSellsClimate ChangeIncomeRationalConfusedNurtureCheaperEconomic SystemsDiscountsPricing Book:Natural Capitalism: The Next Industrial Revolution Source: Natural Capitalism: The Next Industrial Revolution
“Natural capitalism is not about making sudden changes, uprooting institutions, or fomenting upheaval for a new social order. Natural capitalism is about making small, critical choices that can tip economic and social factors in positive ways.” WayOrderChoicesSocialNaturalBusinessEconomicCapitalismInstitutionsCriticalFactorsSocial OrderUpheavalSudden ChangeUprooting Author:Paul Hawken
“We need to revise our economic thinking to give full value to our natural resources. This revised economics will stabilize both the theory and the practice of free-market capitalism. It will provide business and public policy with a powerful new tool for economic development, profitability, and the promotion of the public good.” ThinkingNeedsGivingValuesNaturalPowerfulPracticeEconomicPolicyTheoryDevelopmentCapitalismResourcesEconomicsToolsFree MarketPromotionNatural ResourcesPublic PolicyEconomic DevelopmentPublic GoodProfitabilityFree Market CapitalismEconomic Resources Author:Paul Hawken
