Videos presented in this section cover the green economy from a macro perspective. How can the market be harnessed to drive toward sustainability? How can externalities be internalized, subsidies to unsustainable technologies and practices be phased out, and cap and trade mechanisms be utilized to limit carbon emissions?

By reducing taxes on what we want to encourage (work, income, and profitability) and raising taxes an equal amount on what we want to reduce (carbon emissions, pollution discharges, natural resource extraction), we can strengthen price signals encouraging both businesses and consumers to move toward more sustainable products and services. Videos cover all aspects of environmental economics, including building a green economy, business opportunities in green technology, attaching economic value to ecosystem protection, creating new metrics for macroeconomic performance, and systematically promoting green investments by funds and individual investors of all kinds.

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Green Economy And Innovation. Presentation by L. Hunter Lovins. Lovins gives the keynote address at Saskatchewan Environment's Green Economy and Innovation Forum. Q & A at the end. Her segment begins approximately 22 minutes into the video. Play Video >> More about L. Hunter Lovins >>

China: Forcing The World To Rethink Its Economic Future. Presentation by Lester Brown. Brown discusses ways to restructure the global economy so that it can sustain economic progress through renewable energy, the reuse and recycling of materials, and a diverse transport system. About 52 minutes. Play Video >> More about Lester Brown >>

Economic Incentives To Provide Environmental Services - Part 1. Online presentation by Adam Davis. Davis discusses how economic incentives can be created so that the earth can continue to provide the environmental services necessary for human life. Davis thinks that markets that trade quotas or allocations of environmental resources in conjunction with new technologies can help us achieve sustainability. About 7 minutes. Play Video - Part 1, 2. More about Adam Davis >>

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The Future Of Natural Capitalism. Online interview with L. Hunter Lovins. President of Natural Capitalism, Inc. and co-creator of the natural capitalism concept, Lovins discusses the future of the natural capitalism idea. About 1 minute. Play Video >> More about L. Hunter Lovins >>

Economic Components Of Climate Change - Part 1. In part one, Richard Douthwaite discusses economic components of climate change including our dependence on continuous economic growth and the declining availability of oil. In part two, he proposes that an economic system with tighter controls of the money supply could provide more stability. About 13 minutes. Play Video - Part 1, 2.

Growth And Maturity. Interview segment with Bill McKibben talking about how economic activity strives for continual growth but nature reminds us that all organisms must stop growing in order to mature. About 2 minutes. Play Video >>

Rescuing A Planet Under Stress And A Civilization In Trouble - Part 1. Presentation by Lester Brown. Brown presents the core ideas of his book, Plan B 2.0: Rescuing A Planet Under Stress And A Civilization In Trouble. About 40 minutes. Play Video - Part 1, 2. More about Lester Brown >>

Market-Driven Incentive Programs. Online presentation by Adam Davis. Davis explains that the natural systems supporting a growing human population are stressed and must be priced in the market. He describes how market-driven incentive programs can help protect nature’s services, the basic essentials of food, water and clean air, on which humans rely. About 5 minutes. Play Video >> More about Adam Davis >>

Economics Of Climate Change. UK government economic adviser, Dimitri Zenghelis, discusses the work he did with Sir Nicholas Stern on the Stern Review on Economics of Climate Change, commissioned by Chancellor Gordon Brown. The Stern Review's main conclusion was that the overall cost of climate change is equivalent to losing at least 5% of global gross domestic product while worst case scenarios increased this loss to 20%. The review also found that the cost of taking action can be limited to about 1% of global GDP per year. About 95 minutes. Play Video >>

Beyond The Industrial Economy. Presentation excerpt by Bill Shireman. President and CEO of The Future 500, Shireman discusses why we need to go beyond the industrial economy. About 1 minute. Play Video >> More about Bill Shireman >>

Utilizing Market Forces And Financial Capital. Online presentation by Adam Davis. Davis explains why utilizing market forces and financial capital is critical to developing sustainability on a large scale. Government legislation or philanthropy will not do it. About 2 minutes. Play Video >> More about Adam Davis >>

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