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

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Melissa Tatge

Writers:
Howard Silverman
Seth Zuckerman
Ben Donaldson
Craig Jacobson
Eileen Brady
Melissa Tatge

Illustrator:
Shannon Wheeler

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Peter Barnes US Sky Trust
Jonathan Rowe Tomales Bay Institute
J.H. Snider New America Spectrum Policy Porgram
Gary Ruskin Commercial Alert
Adam Werbach Common Assets Defense Fund
Lorrie Benson The Groundwater Foundation

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