142.177.92.239: savings bond - avoids Juxo's misunderstanding

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savings bond - avoids Juxo's misunderstanding

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	*adopt [[energy conserving]] technologies, anticipating huge rises in energy prices; adopt [[material conserving]] approaches including [[recycling]] at all levels and [[product stewardship]]		*adopt [[energy conserving]] technologies, anticipating huge rises in energy prices; adopt [[material conserving]] approaches including [[recycling]] at all levels and [[product stewardship]]
	*account for use of [[natural capital]] and for its destruction as conversion of a [[capital asset]]; permit energy and material savings to be ~~paid for~~ by third parties separately, ~~who~~ share in the benefits of all savings of natural capital due to reduced energy, reduced resource inputs, and reduced waste outputs (for instance [[emission trading]] credits) - account for [[nature's services]] use.		*account for use of [[natural capital]] and for its destruction as conversion of a [[capital asset]]; permit energy and material savings to be invested in by third parties separately, as a different type of "savings bond", letting them share in the benefits of all savings of natural capital due to reduced energy, reduced resource inputs, and reduced waste outputs (for instance [[emission trading]] credits) - account for [[nature's services]] use.
	*build [[industrial ecology]] so that [[waste]] outputs of one process are [[resource]] inputs of another; consider [[waste as resource]] at every level		*build [[industrial ecology]] so that [[waste]] outputs of one process are [[resource]] inputs of another; consider [[waste as resource]] at every level
	*redefine all [[commodity]] and [[product]] offerings as [[service]] offerings, to expose hidden costs and ensure that [[state services]] and [[nature's services]] are not considered to be "free" but rather paid by tax and renewal.		*redefine all [[commodity]] and [[product]] offerings as [[service]] offerings, to expose hidden costs and ensure that [[state services]] and [[nature's services]] are not considered to be "free" but rather paid by tax and renewal.

142.177.92.36 at 14:44, 15 July 2003

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'''[[w:Natural Capitalism|Natural Capitalism]]''' is a theory of [[w:Paul Hawken|Paul Hawken]], [[w:Amory Lovins|Amory Lovins]] and [[w:Hunter Lovins|Hunter Lovins]]. It proposes that [[Seventh Millenium]] companies need to do four things to profit by taking advantage of major trends in ecology & economy:

*adopt [[energy conserving]] technologies, anticipating huge rises in energy prices; adopt [[material conserving]] approaches including [[recycling]] at all levels and [[product stewardship]]
*account for use of [[natural capital]] and for its destruction as conversion of a [[capital asset]]; permit energy and material savings to be paid for by third parties separately, who share in the benefits of all savings of natural capital due to reduced energy, reduced resource inputs, and reduced waste outputs (for instance [[emission trading]] credits) - account for [[nature's services]] use.
*build [[industrial ecology]] so that [[waste]] outputs of one process are [[resource]] inputs of another; consider [[waste as resource]] at every level
*redefine all [[commodity]] and [[product]] offerings as [[service]] offerings, to expose hidden costs and ensure that [[state services]] and [[nature's services]] are not considered to be "free" but rather paid by tax and renewal.

Companies which adopt these strategies, e.g. [[Interface Corporation]] in the US, report great gains and have developed long term strategies for [[biomimicry]].

[http://natcap.org natcap.org - Natural Capitalism - the book]

Related strategies include [[Natural Step]] and [[ISO 14000]].

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142.177.92.239: savings bond - avoids Juxo's misunderstanding

142.177.92.36 at 14:44, 15 July 2003