Submitted by Margie Brand (not verified) on September 23, 2008 - 7:45pm.
What a wonderful opportunity and succinctly written summary. I'm excited that amidst this financial crisis, the recognition of environmental opportunities and the positive economic impacts and opportunities they have are part of the conversation. I agree that it may be too late to bemoan Kyoto not having been ratified when Bush came to office, but I believe that it is important that the need for diversified energy sources, greater energy efficiency, and other environmental opportunities still be one of the key factors discussed when uttering 'economy' as for too long these have been seen as mutually exclusive.
At EcoVentures International we have been forming coalitions with economic development programs, national policy organizations, local grassroots initiatives and the private sector to try to bring an understanding of the risks of hyper-focus on financial rewards of natural resource use, such as a purely economic focus in commoditizing eco-system services without balancing the environmental sustainability, while still recognizing the huge investment opportunities here.
So here's to Clinton recognizing, but more importantly, taking the time to highlight the investment opportunities and incentives to create new sustainable energy technologies and products, and the broad-based economic growth opportunities this offers!
Environmental opportunities for economic impacts
What a wonderful opportunity and succinctly written summary. I'm excited that amidst this financial crisis, the recognition of environmental opportunities and the positive economic impacts and opportunities they have are part of the conversation. I agree that it may be too late to bemoan Kyoto not having been ratified when Bush came to office, but I believe that it is important that the need for diversified energy sources, greater energy efficiency, and other environmental opportunities still be one of the key factors discussed when uttering 'economy' as for too long these have been seen as mutually exclusive.
At EcoVentures International we have been forming coalitions with economic development programs, national policy organizations, local grassroots initiatives and the private sector to try to bring an understanding of the risks of hyper-focus on financial rewards of natural resource use, such as a purely economic focus in commoditizing eco-system services without balancing the environmental sustainability, while still recognizing the huge investment opportunities here.
So here's to Clinton recognizing, but more importantly, taking the time to highlight the investment opportunities and incentives to create new sustainable energy technologies and products, and the broad-based economic growth opportunities this offers!