In an article published on Interest.co.nz Jack Santa Barbara highlights the recent report on Planetary Solvency from The University of Exeter. By Jack Santa Barbara Some actuaries at the University of Exeter in the UK have partnered with a group of earth scientists to examine what they term “planetary solvency.” Their report states: “Planetary Solvency …
A new book from Lars Larsen focuses attention on what comes before oil depletion; the end of exports from oil producing nations. In the same way as flooding of coastal cities was the focus of climate change when first understood, whilst the more immediate impacts of floods, hurricanes, droughts and fires was less well considered, …
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Wise Response recommends this website with a series of podcasts and episodes exploring themes around degrowth. The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens is a podcast that explores the systems science underpinning the human predicament. Conversation topics will span human behavior, monetary/economic systems, energy, ecology, geopolitics and the environment. The goal of the show is to …
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This is available as a PDF here. BOOK REVIEW: HERMAN DALY’S ECONOMICS FOR A FULL WORLD: His Life and IdeasBook by Peter A. VictorReview by Jack Santa BarbaReview by Jack Santa Barbara, Ph.D. New Zealand WEALL Hub Everyone in the Wellbeing Economy movement has an intellectual indebtedness to the work of Herman Daly, often cited …
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Wise Response recommends this website with a series of podcasts and episodes exploring themes around degrowth. The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens is a podcast that explores the systems science underpinning the human predicament. Conversation topics will span human behavior, monetary/economic systems, energy, ecology, geopolitics and the environment. The goal of the show is to …
Wise Response has sent an Open Letter to the Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern. The letter is available as a PDF here. Correspondence from Hon Dr David Clark is available as a PDF here.
George Monbiot identifies capitalism as the cancer driving completely unsustainable growth on our damaged finite Planet Earth.
13 November 2021 Anya Satyanand Independent Director of Pathfinder Asset Management Chair of Pathfinder’s Ethics Committee Dear Anya, Wise Response on Pathfinder’s Sustainability Report 2021 Thank you for drawing our attention to Pathfinder’s Sustainability Report 2021. One of the points we made in our earlier review 1 was the lack of reporting about your activity, …
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This article first appeared in the Otago Daily Times. Plans for a hydrogen plant in the South are a waste of time and energy, writes Philip Temple. The boosters are at it again, attracting the interest of foreign investors always eager to find a new place to splash their cash and suck the profits offshore. …
B Corporation, Transparency and Validity Dr Robert Howell [1] Certified B Corporations state that they are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose Certified B Corporations achieve a minimum verified score on the B Impact Assessment—a rigorous assessment of a …
