Nature is Priceless – So let’s value it.
Have you ever paid more to buy something labeled “organic” because you thought it was the right thing to do for nature?
We need Earth as a ‘going concern’ NOT as pieces broken up and sold off.
While it may seem perverse to say so, in cold mechanistic terms the Earth’s value to humans lies in it providing us with the means to carry on doing stuff – not in either its inherent value (what we would pay to keep it) or in its value when broken up and traded (what we would get if we sold it).
Can we move beyond one-dimensional capitalism? Not all “capitals” are created equal.
Using a comparable metric like money as a way to put things on a level playing field makes sense, but only up to a point.
TD Economics Expands Canadian City Canopy Study: Identifies Additional Value of 51 Billion
TD Economics expands its Toronto research to identify the economic value of the environmental and social benefits of the urban canopy of three new Canadian Cities: Halifax, Montreal and Vancouver.