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“A permaculture economy is one whereby people are inclusively participating in productivity and equitably sharing in profits.”

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Book:Principles of a Permaculture Economy

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“Business is inherently altruistic — to profit, a business must add value to peoples lives and It must solve peoples problems. It does this while creating income and wealth for employees and owners. This is what I call a ‘Multiplicative Value Effect.”

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Book:Principles of a Permaculture Economy

Source: Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“A purely capitalist ecosystem is like a wild forest — It’s beautiful and great and productive. But the application of design principles which utilize the natural capabilities already there will result in a luscious fruit garden that is more beautiful, more great, and more productive. A permaculture economy is that luscious fruit garden.”

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Book:Principles of a Permaculture Economy

Source: Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“Capitalism is great at facilitating the maximization of production — regarding efficiency only as it effects the profit of the producer and the profit of the buyer in any given transaction. But permaculture economics is great at facilitating the maximization of productivity — regarding efficiency more holistically and measuring according to multiplicative value effects.”

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Book:Principles of a Permaculture Economy

Source: Principles of a Permaculture Economy

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

“The proper use case of tokens is to more precisely control behaviors within naturally occurring social ecosystems. Any attempt to transcend beyond the small naturally occurring ecosystem is naive at best and dishonest at most.”

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Book:Principles of a Permaculture Economy

Source: Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“I think Cryptocurrency tokens are only valuable in small naturally occurring social ecosystems where they serve as a reward for adding value exclusively in that ecosystem and where they serve as a method of acquiring value exclusively in that ecosystem. To transfer purchasing power out of that small naturally occurring ecosystem would require a conversion of the token into a government fiat currency.”

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Book:Principles of a Permaculture Economy

Source: Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“Capitalism is great at facilitating the maximization of production — regarding efficiency only as it effects the profit of the producer and the profit of the buyer in any given transaction. But permaculture economics is great at facilitating the maximization of productivity — regarding efficiency holistically and messing according to multiplicative value effects.”

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Book:Principles of a Permaculture Economy

Source: Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“Through life and programmed decomposition - shelter becomes organism, and organism becomes shelter.”

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Author:Neri Oxman

“What are the ways by which we can reorient architecture to consider materials not as consumables, but as outputs of valuable and increasingly scarce ecological niches.”

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Book:Neri Oxman: Material Ecology

Source: Neri Oxman: Material Ecology

“Real change is difficult at the beginning. Without the familiar to rely upon, you may not in as much command as you had once been. When things are not going your way, you will start doubting yourself. Stay positive, keep the faith, and keep moving forward – your breakthrough may be just around the corner.”