Sublime

David Fleming wrote, ‘If the mature market economy is to have a sequel … it will be the work, substantially, of imagination.’

One where commerce, companies, and trade do more than just create shareholder value by earning profits or by selling product to “consumers”—where they seed and nurture a good life.

Any form of economy should be subject to the requirement of providing a good quality of life for all Americans in an ecologically sustainable way.

based on the needs of people rather than business.

the complex urban dance between land use and society, space, and movement.

ore, a forest as a sacred grove rather than lumber and pulp, other species as our biological kin rather than resources, the planet as our mother and life-giver and not an opportunity, then our actions will reflect far greater humility, respect and responsibility.

they could even be paid a small performance-based fee for attending to sustaining and improving the building’s performance throughout its life.

Confessions of an Eco-Warrior

The ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer has recently advocated for “an economy of abundance.”[20] Choosing abundance, at once a perspective and a legislative platform, a shift in vision and in policy design, means recognizing that this country has a profusion of resources—enough land and capital to go around—and that pretending otherwise is a farce. “I w