Nature🍃+Economy💵

DOING BETTER BY NATURE MEANS DOING BETTER FOR OURSELVES written by Alexis McCarthy INDIVIDUALS AND ECONOMIES 🥾Spending more time in nature benefits our health 🌳Where we spend time matters, the more remote and biodiverse the better 💸Using natural resources faster than they can be replaced is unsustainable 📊Measuring Gross Ecosystem Product(GEP) may be a better measurement than Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 🌱Nature's worth needs to be reflected in prices Partha Dasgupta

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AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY☀️ SDG 7

• Scaling up NY state's renewables

• US transmission lines; the fly in the ointment

INDUSTRY INNOVATION & INFRASTRUCTURE🏢 SDG 8, 9 & 11

• Of most intact natural land, energy and extractives cause 75% of conversion

• Pipeline 5- Lake Superior

• NYC more like London

• Frustrated by the outdated grid

• Banks funding big oil-the dirty dozen

RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION & PRODUCTION 🛒SDG 12

• What toxic chemicals are in your personal consumer products

• Creating a G20 plastic waste response

• Inflation affecting sustainable product purchases in the short term

EQUITY⚖️SDG 5&10

• The real dangers of AI are already being felt in some communities

• Industry actions for racial equity in investment management

• Indian boarding school listening tour continues

• Gender lens investing 2023:count us in

• Executive order on revitalizing our nation's commitment to environmental justice for all

CLIMATE ACTION🌎 SDG 13, 14 & 15

• Lake water

• Climate anxiety is more common than you think

• Planting trees and fixing nature must include animals too

• Inside beef's climate message machine

• Project drawdown solutions library

• Gardners role in preserving flora and fauna

INNOVATORS, CHANGEMAKERS🔮

• Partha Dasgupta

• Krystal Persaud

• Kyle Fiasconaro

• Bunyan Bryant

• Donele Wilkins

• Stephen Polasky

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May- It has been a year since my mother died. Maybe you have lost someone close to you. Live with intention. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. -Arthur Ashe

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