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   EcoReason Posted 3:57 am
   23 Feb 2006

   OrgsDavid - I know a whole lot of organizations that work with the disempowered and as a result create value.  ;)  More imporatnt than money any day.    Kip

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   Conor Posted 4:07 am
   23 Feb 2006

   making moneyDavid - not-for-profits generally take in money, supporting employees. ONe example is
   solarcookers.org
   Every chance I get i plug these guys.  What they do is SO amazingly grand. -Conor

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   David Roberts Posted 4:21 am
   23 Feb 2006

   ButI specifically need an example of a private business or corporation making money by doing green things related in some way to poverty. Does such a thing even exist?
   
   www.grist.org

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   iheartwetlands Posted 7:38 am
   23 Feb 2006

   Fair Trade, Shade Grown CoffeeFair trade, shade grown coffee is a great example of people fighting poverty through green business. It provides a product to people who are willing to share the burden of reducing poverty. If businesses weren't profiting, they wouldn't continue to sell the product.
   That is an international example.  Are you looking for a more American example?
   
   

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   EcoReason Posted 7:47 am
   23 Feb 2006

   Seventh GenerationCheck with the folks at Seventh Generation, Jeff Hollender has done a lot of work over the years on socially repsonsible investing.  I bet he would know.
   Kip

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   Macrocompassion Posted 5:07 am
   25 Feb 2006

   Poverty and the Speculation in the EnvironmentYes I know and so do you, but you are not aware that you do.
   The company that is exploiting the poor is the government and they do it by not changing the laws related to land ownership. This means that much valuable land is deliberately held out of use for speculation. These land owners exploit the public investment of the surroundings and wait for the land price to rise.
   This action alredy causes high land prices on the rest that is being used, and the resulting high production costs result in relatively low demand for consumer goods. When the land is sold, the money (which should belong to the public anyway, after all the value of the land was not created by the land owner) should be used for tax relief, but instead all production based goods and labour that is needed are taxed.
   This second channel also diverts money from being properly used for purchases that will enable entrepreneurs to more easily supply goods and to provide employment. The result is unemployment and poverty.
   If the value of the land were taxed instead of the people producing the goods, there would be better use made of the land and the corruption of land speculation (through banks, city planners, lawyers and local politicians) would stop. Poverty is caused, it is not a natural phenomena.
   When new countries start to be pioneered there is no poverty because no land is being speculated in, but ask an old pioneer whose land is now in the centre of town what he wants for it and it will exceed what he first paid a thousand fold.
   
   Aim: to satisfy my unlimited desires with the least effort.
   
   David Chester

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