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SUMMARY:Toward a Steady State Economy
DESCRIPTION:An optimistic alternative to the current boom and bust eco
 nomic cycles.\n\nPlease join us on Oct 6th at this Gaining Ground shou
 lder event where Rex Weyler, Neil Dawe, Mike Kennedy and Jane Sterk ex
 plore with you why we need an alternative to our current economic syst
 em of booms and busts and what that alternative could be.\n\nFor the p
 ast 3 decades we have been dipping into our capital! Rex Weyler (http:
 //rexweyler.com/) an author and director of the original Greenpeace Fo
 undation will be discussing overshoot. Overshoot is the amount of ecol
 ogical services demanded by humans over what the planet can provide. F
 or most of human history we have been living off interest. Now that ou
 r demand exceeds what nature can provide we are dipping into our capit
 al.\n\nThe solution to overshoot is a Steady State Economy. Neil Dawe 
 from the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (http:
 //steadystate.org/) and the Qualicum Institute (http://www.qualicumins
 titute.ca/) will be discussing the economic model called Steady State 
 Economy which recognizes the limits to growth and the fact that perpet
 ual economic growth is neither possible nor desirable. Growth, especia
 lly in wealthy nations, is causing more problems than it solves. Reces
 sion isn’t healthy or sustainable either. The positive alternative i
 s a Steady State Economy.\n\nWhat does all this mean to business in BC
 ? Jane Sterk, Leader of the Green Party of BC will be discussing how w
 e can transition to a Steady State Economy. The role business can play
  in the transition and what the BC Government can do to help accomplis
 h a transition in a globalized world that devalues strong local and re
 gional sustainable economies.\n\nMike Kennedy of the Pembina Institute
  (http://www.pembina.org/economics/gpi) will talk about the Genuine Pr
 ogress Indicator (GPI). GPI is a measure of economic health that can b
 e used in addition to GDP or, as a replacement for GDP. GPI measure ho
 w well we are doing as individuals, families, communities and as a pro
 vince. It uses 51 economic, social and environmental indicators. Mike 
 has done extensive research into the use of GPI as a measure that gove
 rnments can implement to see how well they are doing.\n\nDate: Wednesd
 ay October, 6, 2010\n\nTime: Networking at 6:30 PM, Panel Discussion a
 t 7:00 PM\n\nLocation: Segal Graduate School of Business, SFU, 500 Gra
 nville Street, Vancouver\n\nCost: $15.00\n\nFor more information visit
  http://villagevancouver.org/events/toward-a-steady-state-economy
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CATEGORIES:downtown, seminar, dialogue, paid, event
LOCATION:SFU Segal School of Business
WEBSITE:http://www.greenparty.bc.ca/event/toward-steady-state-economy
URL:http://www.greenparty.bc.ca/event/toward-steady-state-economy
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ORGANIZER:The Green Party of BC
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