Which straw broke the camel’s back; how useful are planetary boundaries?
The concept of planetary boundaries is a powerful and seductive one, but also one that has limited utility for driving a sustainable world.
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How much is your Mother (Earth) worth?
Like pricing the Earth, getting the right price for your Mother might be harder than you think
The Green Investment Bank – is it a bank and will it be green?
There is huge demand for investment in ‘green economy’ projects - will the UK Government's Green Investment Bank be up to the job?
Terrafiniti on 2Degrees
24th September 2012 5 minutes with Joss Tantram, an interview on 2degrees Exploring perspectives on sustainable business, 2 degrees caught up with Joss for this interview.
Terrafiniti in the Huffington Post
21st September 2012 Would you invest in Earth Inc? – An IPO for the Earth in HuffPost In this Huffington Post article, John Friedman explores our (Terrafiniti’s) modest proposal for an IPO (Initial Public Offering) for the Earth. Can innovation in finance and economics deliver a way of valuing our only home?
A sustainable world before the end of our world?
Optimism for a sustainable future might be pointless in cosmic terms but then so is pretty much anything when viewed in this light.
Valuing Abundance
Scarcity may be a simple and effective way of generating price but it is fatally flawed as an approach to delivering a sustainable future...
A desirable property…how might we value our home planet?
A gentle meander around some of the issues and ideas generated by our modest proposal to explore an Initial Public Offering (IPO) for the Earth, an EPO.
Stakeholder engagement – building resilience
Companies can use stakeholder engagement to gain strategic insight, spot risks and identify issues that might just come back to bite them.
Towards 9 Billion: Infinite economy on a finite planet – Part 2
Delivering sustainable capitalism - how the price mechanism must evolve.
Towards 9 Billion: Infinite economy on a finite planet – Part 1
Can capitalism be re-engineered to produce innately sustainable outcomes? We are optimistic that it can....
Terrafiniti in the Financial Times
19th June 2012 Valuing Natural Capital – A Living Wage for Mother Nature A good primer on valuing nature, Joss Tantram contributed to this article by Jane Bird. She introduces the concept of natural capital through the example of pollination services provided by honey bees – one of many ‘free services’ provided by nature. Some …