Environmental Capital 3

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   GreyFlcn Posted 3:37 am
   01 Feb 2008

   InterestingGot a pretty interesting Stanford study off of a cross-reference there.
   http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2002/december11/jas ...

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   Ron Steenblik Posted 10:53 pm
   02 Feb 2008

   Negotiat'ns to reduce tariffs on env goods not newNegotiations on liberalizing trade in so-called "environmental goods and services" were mandated in the Doha Development Agenda, signed by WTO Ministers in Doha, Qatar, way back in November 2001. These negotiations have been going on in Geneva since 2002.
   The main difference now is that the increasing urgency felt by countries such as the United States and the EU to "do something" to tackle climate change has made negotiators from developed countries focus their attentions more on traded goods and services that could help mitigate greenhouse-gas emissions, and less on goods that are more important for addressing other environmental problems, like water quality.
   
   These are only my personal opinions.

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   Bulkee Posted 12:13 am
   17 Mar 2008

   Natural CapitalismOriginally Posted by natcap.org
   
   Natural capital refers to the natural resources and ecosystem services that make possible all economic activity, indeed all life. These services are of immense economic value; some are literally priceless, since they have no known substitutes. Yet current business practices typically fail to take into account the value of these assets-which is rising with their scarcity. As a result, natural capital is being degraded and liquidated by the wasteful use of such resources as energy, materials, water, fiber, and topsoil.
   The first of natural capitalism's four interlinked principles, therefore, is radically increased resource productivity. Implementing just this first principle can significantly improve a firm's bottom line, and can also help finance the other three. They are: redesigning industry on biological models with closed loops and zero waste; shifting from the sale of goods (for example, light bulbs) to the provision of services (illumination); and reinvesting in the natural capital that is the basis of future prosperity.
   Another related information:
   
   What differentiates Present Environmental Economics and Greency theory?
   
   http://www.greency.org/news/show.asp?bh=442

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