We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural capital - the resource systems upon which we depend to live - instead of our human capital.

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A local company has more accountability.

A local company has more accountability.

All is connected...no one thing can change by itself.

All is connected...no one thing can change by itself.

I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of...

I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of...

That appropriation of resources and the transformation of them into goods and services through the...

That appropriation of resources and the transformation of them into goods and services through the...

Information from destructive activities going back a hundred years right up until today is being...

Information from destructive activities going back a hundred years right up until today is being...

All is connected... no one thing can change by itself.

All is connected... no one thing can change by itself.

We can no longer prosper by increasing human productivity. The more we try to do,...

We can no longer prosper by increasing human productivity. The more we try to do,...

Intelligent policies will be largely self-regulating in the sense that the system of incentives and...

Intelligent policies will be largely self-regulating in the sense that the system of incentives and...

People are naming it the Third Wave, the Information Age, etc. but I would say...

People are naming it the Third Wave, the Information Age, etc. but I would say...

The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds,...

The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds,...

We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our...

We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our...

If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that...

If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that...

And also, more and more businesses really want to do the right thing. They feel...

And also, more and more businesses really want to do the right thing. They feel...

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied,...

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied,...

Local companies don't have to internalize their costs, and few actually do, but they tend...

Local companies don't have to internalize their costs, and few actually do, but they tend...

Thus, the forces and value systems that are most threatened by this shift are becoming...

Thus, the forces and value systems that are most threatened by this shift are becoming...

What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability.

What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability.

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive...

Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive...

That inefficiency is masked because growth and progress are measured in money, and money does...

That inefficiency is masked because growth and progress are measured in money, and money does...

We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our...

We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our...