Deirdre Kent is co-founder of the New Economics Party in New Zealand and here she discusses some specific recommendations for transforming our economic system to a sustainable one. Visit their Website for more information and ideas. 

David Korten presentation to 39th Trinity Institute National Theological Conference on Radical Abundance: A Theology of Sustainability. He is the author of the Agenda for A New Economy. Click on image to order from Amazon.com.

Animated explanation of Gunter Pauli's idea around a blue economy,moving beyond green. This is a link to his YouTube Channel.

You may order his book by clicking on the image.

Joseph Stiglitz talks about Occupy Wall Street. Joseph E. Stiglitz is a graduate of Amherst College, he received his PHD from MIT and became a full professor at Yale in 1970.  He has taught at Princeton, Stanford, MIT and was the Drummond Professor and a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He is now University Professor at Columbia University in New York and Co-Chair of Columbia University's Committee on Global Thought. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his analyses of markets with asymmetric information.

Richard Wolff is an economist, author, and Professor Emeritus of the University of Massachusettes, Amherst. In this speech he addresses the current economic crises, its' roots and what we can do about it. Filmed by Paul Hubbard at Brown University, Providence RI on 12-2-09

Sustainability: Newscaster Jon Snow talks to Dame Ellen MacArthur about the circular economy and rethinking the future, in a short film looking back on the first year of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

Challenging Ellen on the fundamental principles of the Foundation’s mission – to inspire a generation to re-think and re-design for a positive future – Jon investigates the circular economy as a framework for change and questions the actual implementation and impact of such a model on business.

With over 5 years of research and a full year of the Foundation under her belt, Dame Ellen is well placed to handle these testing questions and to make a strong case for the circular economy framework.

The circular economy is a different business model. It’s a different way of looking at the system as a whole. We know our future doesn’t work long term, but within a circular economy it does.

Trailer: Thought leaders from all walks of life address the myth that we can keep on growing for ever. The film premieres Nov. 2. You can order it today and organize screeningsbeginning in November. Visit for information.

The following dimensions are addressed:Macroeconomic imbalances, Currency instability, Global governance (G20) and International financial system
• Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, India; Robert E. Diamond Jr, Chief Executive, Barclays, United Kingdom; Christine Lagarde, Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry of France; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum; George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom; Wolfgang Schäuble, Federal Minister of Finance of Germany; Yu Yongding, Senior Fellow, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), People's Republic of China and Global Agenda Council on the International Monetary System; and Robert B. Zoellick, President, The World Bank Group, Washington DC. Chaired by Martin Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times, United Kingdom.

There's a world of opportunity to re-think and re-design the way we make stuff.

'Re-Thinking Progress' explores how through a change in perspective we can re-design the way our economy works - designing products that can be 'made to be made again' and powering the system with renewable energy. It questions whether with creativity and innovation we can build a restorative economy.

Find out more about the circular economy at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and follow them on Twitter.

For an in-depth look at the economic and business rationale for making this transition, see the Towards the Circular Economy reports, available on the Ellen MacArthur Foundation website.