{"id":2632,"date":"2019-03-01T14:11:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T13:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avbp.net\/?p=2632"},"modified":"2019-03-01T14:11:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T13:11:36","slug":"signals-of-peace-circular-economy-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/?p=2632","title":{"rendered":"Signals of Peace &#8211; CIrcular Economy Special"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\nOur analysis of signals of change in the world tell us that there are major changes being called for.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eliminate poverty &#8211; we already decided<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Sustainable Development goals set a new precedent for human development and it is still sinking in that the majority of countries in the world have signed up to eliminating poverty (SDG1) and hunger (SDG2) and eliminating threats to the environment.<!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>Supporting links:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/sustainable-development-goals\/\">The Sustainable development goals website<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nUniversal Basic Income and Universal Basic Services are being tried and debated as a route to achieving SDG 1.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>Supporting links:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/business\/news\/universal-basic-services-idea-better-basic-income-citizens-social-housing-ucl-a7993476.html\">Article in the Independent on University College of London Report.<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A new Green Deal proposes massive investment in a new USA<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFrom the Democratic party, the New Green Deal is the boldest proposal to come from the US for a long time &#8211; it will aim to eliminate poverty, create green jobs and transform the technical infrastructure of the US to a circular economy\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSupporting links:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/en-us\/2018\/12\/219189\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-green-new-deal-climate-change\">US site Refinery 29<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Circular Economy is central to achieving the SDGs and the New Green Deal<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe idea has been with us for a while, and it is slowly becoming more and more apparent that nature works in a circular way and society needs to fit in. The possibilities are huge, from green, dignified jobs for all to eradication of pollution to a better life for future generations.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>Supporting links: <\/strong>Learn more about the Circular economy at <a href=\"https:\/\/circleeconomy.teachable.com\">this online school.<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Heavy fees on things that pollute like fossil fuel can be a blessing<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWe are noticing how more and more economists are realizing that a heavy, increasing fee on fossil carbon could stimulate the economy rather than slow it if the fees are paid back to taxpayers. Some estimates point to 70% of citizens being better off under the scheme as those who use fossil fuels are ofter the wealthiest.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<strong>Supporting links:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clcouncil.org\/economists-statement\/\">Economist&#8217;s statement on Carbon Dividend<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Swedish Sustainable Economy Foundation&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/tssef.se\/\">research into Carbon Dividend Mechanisms<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFrom our sponsors\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/circleeconomy.teachable.com\/p\/e-book-introducing-the-circular-economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3757\" src=\"https:\/\/stephenhintondotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2019\/03\/ad-for-e-book-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our analysis of signals of change in the world tell us that there are major changes being called for. Eliminate poverty &#8211; we already decided The Sustainable Development goals set a new precedent for human development and it is still sinking in that the majority of countries in the world have signed up to eliminating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-envisioning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2633,"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2632\/revisions\/2633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avbp.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}