[P2P-F] steady state and new types of trade balance accounting?

[Michel Bauwens]

Hi Rosalinda,

yes, I think personally that steady-state is compatible with p2p and
sustainability outcomes and I personally prefer this conceptualisation to
degrowth,

have you contacted CASSE (they have a good website) about your question;
they have a series of briefs, one of them is about the 'trophic principle',
which may be related to a new type of trade accounts; I assume they have the
collaborative nature of scientific communities ..

otherwise, Hazel and Rosalinda are experts in green markets and I think they
may have a better answer,

perhaps you could have a look at my 'green metrics' tag here,
http://www.delicious.com/mbauwens/P2P-Metrics+P2P-Ecology ;
http://www.delicious.com/mbauwens/P2P-Metrics+P2P-Sustainability

Have you looked into Mark Whitaker's commodity ecology,
http://p2pfoundation.net/Commodity_Ecology ; and the human/civic balance
sheet approach explained here:
http://www.phibetaiota.net/2011/07/reference-integrity-at-scale-free-online-book/

I keep track of ecological economics here at
http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Ecology


Sorry that I can't give you a more precise answer, but I copy your query to
our mailing list, and perhaps others have other info,

Michel

On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Janet Hawtin <lucychili at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Michel
>
> I am not sure whether they are congruent with the p2p thinking but do
> think that steady state economies hold some hope for good ecological
> outcomes. do you know how open or community collaborative they are and
> whether there is such a thing as a steady state stock exchange yet and
> how it differs from a usual stock exchange. i assume there must be
> steady stteness between countries and regions and that it must be
> expressed as a different flavour of trade? just wondered if you had
> any thoughts in this area.
>
> cheers
>
> janet
>



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