{"id":560,"date":"2008-02-22T11:20:50","date_gmt":"2008-02-22T09:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fia.pimienta.org\/weblog\/?p=560"},"modified":"2008-05-21T15:28:41","modified_gmt":"2008-05-21T13:28:41","slug":"latest-world-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fia.pimienta.org\/weblog\/?p=560","title":{"rendered":"Latest WorldWatch: sustainable economies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Seven Principles for a Sustainable Global Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ideas about how the world works that don&#8217;t accord with reality can be unhelpful &#8230; That&#8217;s especially true about mainstream economics. But in recent decades, economists and researchers have suggested a variety of reforms that would make economics truer, greener, and more sustainable. &#8230; seven of these from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwatch.org\/files\/pdf\/SOW08_chapter_1.pdf\">Chapter 1<\/a> of the Worldwatch Institute\u2019s latest report, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwatch.org\/stateoftheworld\">State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy<\/a>:<br \/>\n1) Scale.<br \/>\n2) Stress development over growth.<br \/>\n3) Make prices tell the ecological truth.<br \/>\n4) Account for nature\u2019s services.<br \/>\n5) The precautionary principle.<br \/>\n6) Commons management.<br \/>\n7) Value women. <\/p>\n<p><em>Read<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwatch.org\/node\/5623\">&#8220;Green Economics&#8221;: Turning Mainstream Thinking on Its Head<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Maintaining Climate, Maintaining Peace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Climate stability, reduced poverty, and less inequality should be key goals of a far-sighted security policy &#8230; Even though peacekeeping budgets have been on a welcome incline in recent years, a comparison with world military spending indicates where most governments are really prepared to put their money.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elabs5.com\/c.html?rtr=on&#038;s=lizj,mbe,db,7el7,7iz6,2rao,d6f7\">Peacekeeping, a Study in Contradictions<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Vital Signs Update<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elabs5.com\/c.html?rtr=on&#038;s=lizj,mbe,db,2fa1,hkxu,2rao,d6f7\">Peacekeeping Budgets and Personnel Soar to New Heights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Living Sustainably<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More is better&#8221;\u2014the modern economic mantra\u2014is under attack as the environmental, economic, and personal downsides of consumerism become evident. Harried, overworked, and indebted consumers are increasingly open to a focus on quality of life rather than more stuff &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>Read<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elabs5.com\/c.html?rtr=on&#038;s=lizj,mbe,db,7fp4,93w3,2rao,d6f7\">State of the World 2008, Chapter 4: The Challenge of Sustainable Lifestyles<\/a> (pdf).<br \/>\n<em>Vote<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elabs5.com\/c.html?rtr=on&#038;s=lizj,mbe,db,8dji,e5zu,2rao,d6f7\">What would you ask your community leaders to do to encourage sustainable lifestyles?<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven Principles for a Sustainable Global Economy Ideas about how the world works that don&#8217;t accord with reality can be unhelpful &#8230; That&#8217;s especially true about mainstream economics. 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