As economists in these countries struggle to handle vast deficits, they need reminding that the easy credit which, in part, led to the debt crisis, has fuelled a rapacious consumerism that has exacerbated the environmental crisis.
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The Myth of Sustainable Meat - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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For all the strengths of these alternatives, however, they're ultimately a poor substitute for industrial production. Although these smaller systems appear to be environmentally sustainable, considerable evidence suggests otherwise.
Protecting global biodiversity will take more than 'small change' | Guardian Sustainabl... - 0 views
Rio+20: the Earth Summit diaries, Friday 22 June | Guardian Sustainable Business | Guar... - 0 views
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UN's Ban Urges Action on Rio+20 Sustainability Goals - Businessweek - 0 views
Wal-Mart chairman: How we came to embrace sustainability - Fortune Tech - 0 views
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Rob Walton, Chairman of Wal-Mart Stores, and Peter Seligmann, CEO of Conservation International spoke to Fortune's Andy Serwer at the magazine's Brainstorm Green conference in Laguna Niguel, California.
Science must guide us towards a more sustainable future - SciDev.Net - 0 views
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strengthening science advisory mechanisms and local governance.
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for example, by establishing effective technology transfer mechanisms to get novel solutions to the marketplace where they can be disseminated, and by taking measures to fill the gap if the market fails.
Rio+20: Campaign pressures corporate sector to change its destructive ways | Guardian S... - 0 views
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"There is no point in asking for change at a macro or sector level without also targeting change at the agent level. We have a serious agency problem. Corporations are 60% of GDP and 70% of global employment and left to themselves, 'Corporation 1920' type companies are unlikely to create the green economy. As the saying goes, turkeys don't vote for Christmas.
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In the world of Corporation 2020, financial leverage would be limited by regulations that align corporate interests better with societal goals such as financial and economic stability. At present, this task is left largely to investors, with fund managers becoming the unlikely conscience-keepers of society. This is an unwise situation, to say the least.
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the imposition of taxes on resource extraction, for businesses to be transparent about their impacts on society, and the creation of rules to make companies more accountable in the way they advertise products and services.
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