How do we redesign a new economic theory framed by ecological systems? Economics as we know it today is broken.
Unable to explain, to predict or to protect, it is need of root-and-branch replacement. Or, to borrow from Alan Greenspan, it is fundamentally "flawed". But where do we look for inspiration in facilitating what is the mother of all paradigm shifts? Interestingly, the most insightful and strikingly innovative ideas are coming from all directions other than the economics profession. Ecology offers the insight that the economy is best understood as a complex adaptive system, more a garden to be lovingly observed and tended than a machine to be regulated by mathematically calculable formulae.
From anthropology we learn that economy and society are inseparable and that markets and money are relatively recent arrivals, a thin veneer layered onto a much older history of co-operation, gift and reciprocity. At our college, the core hypothesis we work with is that nature is mentor. This content is brought to you by Guardian Professional. Beekeeping and Honey Production in Ontario - Business Information Bundle. Green Soils Inc. Population Matters » For a sustainable future. Bat Conservation Trust. Carbon Disclosure Project - Global climate change reporting system.
Durham Sustain Ability, Environmental Sustainability Program Ontario. Learning for a Sustainable Future. Canada. International Society of Sustainability Professionals. BOB WILLARD The Business Case for Sustainability. Bob is a leading expert on quantifying and selling the business value of corporate sustainability strategies and has given hundreds of keynote presentations to corporate, government, university, and NGO audiences.
Bob applies his business and leadership experience from his 34-year career at IBM Canada to engage the business community in proactively avoiding risks and capturing opportunities by using smart environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies. He has authored four books: The Sustainability Advantage (2002), The Next Sustainability Wave (2005), The Sustainability Champion’s Guidebook (2009), and The New Sustainability Advantage (2012). In addition, his two DVDs, business case simulator Dashboard and Worksheets, and extensive master Slide Set provide capacity-building resources for sustainability champions.
Bob is on the advisory boards of The Natural Step Canada and Learning for a Sustainable Future. View Bob's efforts to walk-the-talk on sustainability. 2012: Time for Change. The Lexicon of Sustainability. Bruce Munro’s stunning LED Installations light up Longwood Gardens. Visitors poured into Longwood Gardens this past Saturday to see 23-acres of breathtaking ‘Light: Installations’ by artist Bruce Munro.
Although Munro describes the installations as simply “sketchbook jottings realized”, this “large-scale one-man-show” is anything but a simple feat. Eight large outdoor installations, two installations within the 4-acre Grand Conservatory and a collection of illuminated sculptures in the Music Room are keeping visitors mesmerized for hours. Munro’s ‘Light: Installations’ are being shown for the first time outside of the UK. They will remain open until September 29th this year. Continue reading for more images and information. ‘Light: Installations’ at the Longwood Gardens includes: Munro has made small contributions to group-shows in the USA in the past, including Contemplating The Void at New York’s iconic Guggenheim Museum, and a show of contemporary glass at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery.
More information and tickets here!