Another great talk on TED, showing how by measuring a nation success through GDP only we miss-out on the most basic and essential needs that we need the most. We are made to believe nations must only focus on productivity, but I believe the time has come to think of out the box and start looking at other factors that will guarantee social justice and wellness for everyone, not for the few.
"We may have already surpassed the point at which we can sustainably support the world's population using present standards of production and consumption. That disturbing possibility should impel us to seek, as sensibly and quickly as possible, an integration of our wants and needs as expressed and served by commerce, with the capacity of the earth, water, forests, and fields to meet them" - Paul Hawken, The Ecology of Commerce
Monday, September 13, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Ray Anderson on the business logic of sustainability | Video on TED.com
One of the men who inspired me to write this blog. At his carpet company, Ray Anderson has increased sales and doubled profits while turning the traditional "take / make / waste" industrial system on its head. In a gentle, understated way, he shares a powerful vision for sustainable commerce.
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