Saturday, October 29, 2011

Paul Martin on Natural Capital (Podcast)

CBC Radio - The Current - Oc 28'11
A former Canadian Prime Minister, Paul Martin tells us about a concept called natural capital, an idea that would see our water,  forests and other resources put on the country's balance sheets. 
Courtesy of Now Public

2 comments:

Christine said...

That was a great interview - so unfortunate that Mr. Martin didn't see the light when he was in office, but better late than never I guess!

David Dodge, EFCL Volunteer said...

Mr. Martin actually funded some very important work on indicators while in office. He supported the Genuine Progress Indicator work undertaken by Mark Anielski (author of the Economics of Happiness). It's too bad we have not been able to tell this story better so we get more traction for truly valuing natural capital.

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