Overconsumption

Overconsumption © Martin Rowson

As the population grows, so does the global GDP, meaning there will be a lot more people using a lot more resources. To prosper over the long term we need to define a new sustainable economic order which functions within the bounds of nature.

A few things you can do:Innovations

□ Find out the size of your ecological footprint and reduce it by 10%
□ Reduce, reuse, recycle
□ Buy sustainably sourced (certified) products

New environmentally sustainable economic order
The Blue Economy
One Planet Economy Network
PriceWaterhouseCoopers The Sustainability Agenda: Industry Perspectives
Prosperity without Growth: The Transition to a Sustainable Economy
United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Green Economy

Informed buying
Good Guide and the Good Guide iPhone App
Wildlife Friendly Products

Investing in the planet
Beetle Capital Partners
The Co-operative Bank
Global Alliance for Banking on Values

Valuing nature
The Little Biodiversity Finance Book
Business and Biodiversity Offsets Program
Ecosystem Marketplace
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)
Trucost

Industry taking the lead
Loblaw Companies Limited
Patagonia

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