Making
our economy
safe for people
and nature

The blessings of the free market have won endless praise. But wait a second. If Adam Smith's "invisible hand" is so deft, why are problems like climate disruptions and ever-widening wealth gaps so clearly visible?

We can change all that by rethinking some of our basic assumptions. Let’s start by recognizing that the "economy" is but a part of the larger "ecology." The result will be more prosperous lives for all of us.

The science is there, the economics is there, and we need you there, too.

SectionZ is a publication of Ecotrust
Building Salmon Nation

Read other issues of Z:
Issue #1: Farmed Salmon
Issue #2: Clean Energy
Issue #3: Buy Local
Issue #4: Salmon Nation
Issue #5: The Commons
Issue #6: FSC Forests

Editor:
Howard Silverman

Designer:
Melissa Tatge

Writers:
Seth Zuckerman
Howard Silverman
Eileen Brady
Melissa Tatge
Wisteria Loeffler
Samuel Beebe

Illustrator:
Shannon Wheeler

Distribution:
A printed version of this publication dropped in the following papers on September 24, 2003:
The Oregonian: 100,000
Willamette Week: 90,000
The Daily Astorian: 6,800
Hood River News: 3,250

Funding:
SectionZ is made possible through the generous support of the Columbia Foundation.
We’d like to reach even more people, but we need your financial support.
Please , Director of Public Information, Ecotrust.

Special thanks to all who joined us in the development of the concept of Salmon Nation:
Dan Wieden
Jelly Helm
Mark Barden
Jake Murray
Ed Hunt
Jed Alger
Jeff Gersh
David Lakey
Keith Peters
Kim Lilly
Michelle Peterman
Ted Wolf
Keith Peters
Susan Mikolasy

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