Cultivate ecological enterprises
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Prosperity without Growth Â»Prosperity without Growth
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Fixing the Economic System? Â»Fixing the Economic System?
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Decouple economic activity from ecological impact Â»Decouple economic activity from ecological impact
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How to decouple economic activity from its ecological impact? Â»How to decouple economic activity from its ecological impact?
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Cultivate ecological enterprises
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Can these activities keep an economy growing?  Â»Can these activities keep an economy growing?
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What constitutes productive economic activity in this economy?  Â»What constitutes productive economic activity in this economy?
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Build on existing local/community based social enterprises Â»Build on existing local/community based social enterprises
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Manipulate “drivers” of growth to achieve stabilisation Â»Manipulate “drivers” of growth to achieve stabilisation
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Share work more equally to reduce poverty and unemployment Â»Share work more equally to reduce poverty and unemployment
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Shift towards a more service-based economy Â»Shift towards a more service-based economy
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Greater sense of well-being and fulfilment as producers and consumers Â»Greater sense of well-being and fulfilment as producers and consumers
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Help to bind communities together Â»Help to bind communities together
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Little material throughput in such activities Â»Little material throughput in such activities
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Hard to make productivity gains in these activities Â»Hard to make productivity gains in these activities
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Tend to dissipate rather than create narrowly-defined economic wealth Â»Tend to dissipate rather than create narrowly-defined economic wealth
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Need to monetize externalities to achieve long-term v short-term focus Â»Need to monetize externalities to achieve long-term v short-term focus
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Bill McKibben Â»Bill McKibben
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Amartya Sen Â»Amartya Sen
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