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Transforming Our Economy

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Inspired by the Capital Institute's Third Millennium Economy initiative, this collection highlights those voices - ecological economists, sociologist, finance professionals, environmentalists, community developers - advocating a restructuring of our economy to transition to a truly sustainable economic system.

Curated by mokiethecat

Part 2: You Are Responsible For Everything You Buy

You are responsible for everything you buy—from the health and working conditions of the workers who mine the natural resources and those who manufacture the products, to the marketing practices, to the overuse of natural resources, to the inevitable disposal. Even more tragic is our inability to align our very admirable values related to sustainability with our unenlightened and selfish buying behaviors, for it is individual behavior that creates the foundation for action in environmental, social, economic, and individual sustainability.

See Part One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TFWbpgCFjg

By Kat McDearis and Eric Pappas

Copyright 2015