Tag archive for ‘sustainable 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: September 23rd, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (0) | Tags Bioregional economy, Bioregional marketplace, Chesapeake Bay Economy, Chesapeake Bay Reauthorization Hearing, Chuck Fox, Ecosystem markets, Environmental markets, Rappahannock River Basin Commission, Rob Wittman, Sustainable economic development, sustainable economy, Virginia Ecosystem Services
Yesterday, at the Chesapeake Bay Reathorization Hearing, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, amid impressive, heartfelt, bipartisan testimonies and commentaries of folks around the Bay, including Tom Perriello, Secretary Preston Bryant, and Gerry Connolly, were the words of Rob Wittman, and from EPA, Chuck Fox, sowing the seeds of a 21st century Bay-friendly economy:
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Date: September 14th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | Comments (11) | Tags Bioregional economy, Bioregional markets, Conserv, Craig Newmark, Craigslist, craigslist wired, David Smick, Ecosystem health, Ecosystem Services, Entrepreneur, Free Trade, global trade, Hot Flat and Crowded, International Economy Sustainability, Newsweek Robert Samuelson, Obama's first 100 days, Post-industrial economy, Rappahannock Exchange, Space Needle, sustainable economy, Sustainable Entrepreneur, Sustainable Seattle, The International Economy, The Tragedy of Craigslist, The World is Curved, Tom Friedman, wired craigslist
A plane ride to the great northwest state of Washington can be a good thing….
The O’Hare bookstore was filled with goodies, and one in particular caught my eye—The World is Curved, by David M. Smick. Picking it up, then putting it down, thinking it was a flip retort to Hot, Flat, and Crowded, by Tom [...]
Date: September 2nd, 2009 | Category: Commentary | Comments (0) | Tags Bioregion, Bioregional marketplace, Bioregional markets, Bioregionalism, sustainability, sustainable economy
In the August 31 opening post of this series, we propose 10 pillars for the design and creation of new bioregional marketplaces for industrialized nations:
Creation-care ministries of faith and ethics communities
Biomimicry
Ecosystem health goal setting
Ecological footprinting
Holistic health care
Bioregionalism
Currency diversity
Ecosystem services
Sustainable macroeconomic theory
Whole system design and facilitation
In today’s post, we will discuss Pillar 6: Bioregionalism. Conserv is [...]
Date: July 25th, 2009 | Category: Commentary | Comments (0) | Tags Bioregional economy, Chesapeake Bay Economy, Ecological economics, Green economy, New Economy, Post-industrial economy, sustainable economy
Last week, the Rappahannock River Basin Commission, working with Conserv, the Virginia Department of Forestry, and the George Washington Regional Commission, submitted a Greenhouse Gas Reduction proposal for federal funding. One of the novel ideas contained in the proposal is to tie Virginia Greenhouse Gas reduction goal to products and services listed on The Rappahannock [...]
Date: July 12th, 2009 | Category: News Updates | Comments (2) | Tags Agriculture and the Old Testament, American Conservation Brokers, Bluegrass music, Christianity and agriculture, Christianity and the environment, climate change, Climate Change and Faith, CO2, Community supported agriculture, Community-based conservation, Conserv, Conservation economy, Ecosystem Services, Environmentalism and the Presbyterian Church, Faith and environment, Food security, Food sustainability, Green design, Hunger, Industrial economy, Interfaith sustainability, Landcare, locavore, Montreat Conference Center, Presbyterian Church Eco-Justice Conference, Presbyterian Church ecology, Sustainable agriculture, Sustainable Design, Sustainable economic development, sustainable economy, Sustainable forestry, The New Economy, Watershed planning
The Presbyterian Church 2009 PRC National Eco-justice Conference was held at Montreat Conference Center in Montreat, North Carolina, this past week. The conference organizers were clearly focusing on sustainability through attention to links between topics such as global warming, human health, and food. Particularly significant from a conservation marketplace perspective were discussions that touched on [...]
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 [...]