"There just isn't anything to believe in." From lassez faire to neo-classical and liberal. Recommendations from books written by George Lakeoff. Evil geniuses or hijacked agenda. 40 years of theory has become the socially acceptable. A rational economic man who acts in his ownself interest will benefit society. From leaky canoes and growth first clean up later, or never. Words like tax relief and hold water. A complex interconnected systems. Changing the goal. Robert Kennedy quote about that which makes life worthwhile. Being agnostic to growth and instead focusing on enhanced human well being. A national performance framework. Factors of social foundation and planetary ceiling. The trunk or heartwood, a spine that can hold up our vision and ethos. Creating a safe and just place for humanity, a place where all can thrive. The biological capacity and boundaries like ocean acidification, 70% decline or invertibrate species. The natural resource base level must be first regenerative and distributive. "ecosystems sustain societies that create economies, it doesn't work the otherway around." Andrew Fanning and Dan Oneil research addressing GDP, a happy planet index and making peace with earth. We are in for quite a shock if we dont get off fossil fuels and pull out all the stops towards net zero, waste, food and active transport like 🚲 cycling. Manage a just transition. More recommendations for the Harvard atlas of economic complexity. Carbon leakages, indigenous corporations, the Netherlands leading the way on intergrated land use. Data tells a story, one that includes "geographies of discontent." The way in which newfoundland after a 🗳 vote, places are left to decline. Looking to northern Scandinavia at nodal service delivery. The Canadian story of huers of wood and haulers of water doesnt end well. Susan Quipp says "can demonstrate until out feet fall off." Real costs, tone deaf, getting back to normal or wasting another good crisis. Clean BC as a road map into uncharted territory, speculation, housing, demoralizing or engaging everybody in a common vision and action. One small nudge at a time.
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