Tag archive for ‘ecological economy’
Date: November 25th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | Comments (1) | Tags Agrarian Economy, Bioregional economy, Chesapeake Bay Economy, ecological economy, Principles of a Bioregional Economy, sustainable economy, Vision of a Bioregional Economy, Wisdom for a Bioregional Economy
In this special Thanksgiving broadcast, Dr. Ellen Davis, the Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School, discusses the principles of an agrarian, or ecological economy, as seen by biblical writers of the Old Testament. The approximately hour-long interview also discusses biological diversity, the economics of [...]
Date: November 9th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (2) | Tags Bioregional economy, Chesapeake Bay Economy, Chesapeake Bay TMDL, ecological economy, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, Rappahannock River Water Quality, Virginia Ecosytem Services
The Steering Committee of the Rappahannock River Basin Commission’s 2009 Symposium has finalized the agenda for the December 9 event:
Incentivizing Restoration through a Chesapeake Bay Economy
A Symposium Hosted by the
Rappahannock River Basin Commission (RRBC)
December 9, 2009
University of Mary Washington
Stafford Campus, 121 University Boulevard, Fredericksburg, 22406
This groundbreaking economic development-environmental policy conference will begin with a series [...]
Date: October 8th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (1) | Tags Bioregional marketplace, carbon footprint, Carbon Trust, Chesapeake Bay Economy, Ecolabel, ecological economy, ecological footprint, Environmental business indicator, environmental indicators for business, Global Footprint Network, Government environmental policy and business, GreenBlue, greenwashing, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, sustainability indicators for business, TerraCarbon, The Natural Step, Virginia Ecosystem Services
The early operational framework that has been developed for the Rappahannock Exchange, a proposed bioregional marketplace to be located in Central Virginia, to stretch from the Chesapeake Bay to the Blue Ridge Mountains, features the use of an “Environmental Business Indicator”. Exactly how the indicator will be deployed won’t be known until the Ecosystem Services [...]
Date: October 1st, 2009 | Category: Commentary | Comments (0) | Tags Biomimicry, Bioregional economy, bioregional market, Bioregional marketplace, Business and environment, eco system, ecological economy, economy, Ecosystem Services, Entrepreneur, Janine Benyus, nature inspired economy, Post-industrial economy, Rappahannock Exchange, sustainability, The Brundtland Report
The third in a series on the Pillars of A New Bioregional Marketplace to restore ecosystem health of the Rappahannock River and the Chesapeake Bay…
I was talking to my friend and old colleague, David Bearinger, on one hot summer morning this past August about sustainability, its pitfalls and promises, and he noted the aging of [...]
Date: June 25th, 2009 | Category: Commentary, News Updates | Comments (3) | Tags American Conservation Brokers, birdwatching, cap and trade, carbon sequestration, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Economy, Conserv, conservation, Conservation and private property rights, conservation property, Conservation real estate, ecological economy, Ecosystem Services, Environmental assets, Environmental markets, forestry and water quality, green building, hunting and fishing leases, non-point source nutrient trading, nutrient trading, Rappahannock Exchange, Rappahannock River, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, sustainability, sustainable economy
Yesterday, environmental history was made at the Old Beale Memorial Church in Tappahannock, the oldest documented courthouse in Virginia. Surrounded by Flemish bond brickwork with salt-glazed headers and compass-headed windows, the Rappahannock River Basin Commission took the first step toward moving Virginia into the ranks of the leaders of the worldwide ecosystem services movement.
In a [...]
Date: May 14th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (0) | Tags Cultural ecosystem services, ecological economy, Ecosystem Services, locavore, Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, Preserving ecosystem services, Provisioning ecosystem services, Regulating ecosystem services, Supporting ecosystem services
This blog is focused on issues related to the creation of economies that will maintain and restore environmental assets and ecosystem services. A prior post focused on the three dimensions of an economy, allocation, distribution, and scale/quality, and the appropriate role of government, particularly in the setting of scale/quality for environmental resource stocks. The thinking [...]
Date: May 5th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | Comments (0) | Tags Bay economy, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Economy, ecological economy, Market-based conservation, U.S. economy, Watershed economy
As I struggle to get a market-based grant application out the door by COB on Friday, it seems necessary to review the latest information on the Chesapeake—the television programs, columns, and reports. It’s well, just incredible work. There is though a worldview that I belive is at the least, understated, and at most, missing, from [...]