The Real New Economy Is Based On Sustainability

The contrast between the new new economy of clean tech and the "old" New Economy couldn't be greater.

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August 3, 2001, 9:00 AM PDT

Whole Earth Magazine suggests that the next New Economy will be based on providing clean goods and services -- energy, water, transportation among them -- that are essential to daily lives. "The New New Economy," authors argue, will be based on principles drawn from industrial ecology and Natural Capitalism. Unlike the New Economy that's emerged with Internet, the next new economy addresses critical human needs, ones that are genuinely global in scale.

Thanks to Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development

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Thursday, August 2, 2001 in Whole Earth

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