Natural Capitalism

Hawken, Paul; Lovins, Amory B.; Lovins, L. Hunter

doi:10.4324/9781315065755

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“…Capra, 1997;Bossel, 1998;AtKisson, 1999;Hawken et al, 1999;Kumar, 2002, Raskin et al, 2002Adams, 2006) as a necessary point of departure for engaging with the problems of sustainability. This paradigm attempts to address the dysfunctional human-nature relationship by entering into a co-creative partnership with nature.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, Ecological Modernization has been instrumental in providing incentives for what Hawken et al (1999) and McDonough and Braungart (2002) describe as the next industrial revolution and the next paradigm to be discussed.…”

Section: Flaws In the Business Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It also has economic benefits, as has been illustrated by the numerous examples (cf. Elkington,1998;Hawken et al, 1999;WBCSD, 2006). Tools for ecoefficiency include ideas such as Environmental Management Systems, Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and Management, Cleaner Production, Environmental Supply Chain Management, and Design for Environment (WBCSD, 2006, pp.…”

Section: A Profitable Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Towards a regenerative paradigm for the built environment

Plessis

2012

Building Research & Information

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The concept of regenerative design and development is situated within the broader theoretical context of sustainability. The emerging regenerative paradigm is contrasted with the two current sustainability paradigms -internationally negotiated 'idealistic' public policy and private sector 'Ecological Modernization' -that seek to maintain the status quo. Each of these sustainability paradigms is explained though a brief historical narrative to illustrate their response to broader social pressures, the main critiques of each and some commonalities. It is argued that the dominant sustainability paradigms are reaching the limitations of their usefulness due to their conceptual foundation in an inappropriate mechanistic worldview and their tacit support of a modernization project that prevents effective engagement with a complex, dynamic and living world. The regenerative paradigm provides an alternative that is explicitly designed to engage with a living world through its emphasis on a co-creative partnership with nature based on strategies of adaptation, resilience and regeneration. It provides a foundation for a sustainability paradigm that is relevant to an ecological worldview.

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Section: Flaws In the Business Modelmentioning

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Section: A Profitable Sustainabilitymentioning

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Towards a regenerative paradigm for the built environment

Plessis

2012

Building Research & Information

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“…After reviewing 49 studies with 90 datasets and 2107 data points, they concluded that such infrastructure was responsible in a decline in species abundance of 28% to 36% for birds within 2.6 km and 25% to 38% for mammals within 17 km. Ecologist Paul Hawken (2010) has also calculated that the automobile-centered transport system in the United States requires a paved area equal to all arable land in Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania to function and that it kills millions of wild animals each week (including domestic pets, deer, and birds). Aircraft pose another threat to avian wildlife, with one study documenting 44 species belonging to 37 genera at risk in Canada (Solman 1973), and officials at airports commonly using 'lethal control' to prevent birds from interfering with flight safety (Burt 2009).…”

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The avian and wildlife costs of fossil fuels and nuclear power

Sovacool

2012

Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences

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Environmentalists and environmental scientists have criticized wind energy in various forums for its negative impacts on wildlife, especially birds. This article highlights that nuclear power and fossil-fuelled power systems have a host of environmental and wildlife costs as well, particularly for birds. Therefore, as a low-emission, low-pollution energy source, the wider use of wind energy can save wildlife and birds as it displaces these more harmful sources of electricity. The paper provides two examples: one relates to a calculation of avian fatalities across wind electricity, fossil-fueled, and nuclear power systems in the entire United States. It estimates that wind farms are responsible for roughly 0.27 avian fatalities per gigawatt-hour (GWh) of electricity while nuclear power plants involve 0.6 fatalities per GWh and fossilfueled power stations are responsible for about 9.4 fatalities per GWh. Within the uncertainties of the data used, the estimate means that wind farm-related avian fatalities equated to approximately 46,000 birds in the United States in 2009, but nuclear power plants killed about 460,000 and fossil-fueled power plants 24 million. A second example summarizes the wildlife benefits from a 580-MW wind farm at Altamont Pass in California, a facility that some have criticized for its impact on wildlife. The paper lastly highlights other social and environmental benefits to wind farms compared to other sources of electricity and energy.

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“…"The ecology capitalism" or natural capitalism (Hawken 2008), should also enable economic development and reduce CO 2 emissions...…”

Section: Global Warming and Climate Changementioning

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“Collapse” of Europe in the Light of Energy Dependence

Glamotchak¹

2015

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The issue of the future of Europe is becoming increasingly important what with the depth of the economic crisis that started in 2008. In addition to a continuous growth in the number of the unemployed, the crisis particularly emphasizes the chronic level of energy dependence. The energy saving measures (energy efficiency), diversification of sources (stability of supply), and the creation of substitutes in renewable energy (energy transition), intertwine with administrative measures and form the response of European countries to the growing energy dependence. At the same time, although facing the threatening warming (or cooling) of the Earth, Europe, as a big advocate of reducing CO2 remains passively dependent on NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) policy in the field of defense in the context of energy dependence. However, for the first time after many decades, Europe and America do not have the same energy, and consequently geo-strategic objective: The US has become energy independent while Europe is chronically energy dependent.

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Natural Capitalism

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Towards a regenerative paradigm for the built environment

Towards a regenerative paradigm for the built environment

The avian and wildlife costs of fossil fuels and nuclear power

“Collapse” of Europe in the Light of Energy Dependence

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