10 Points for Good
Governance
During recent years we have seen various foolish
plans related to combating climate change (particularly
the recent rush to biofuels based upon deforestation).
Here are my 10 points for good governance and
the actions required to restore balance in the
planet.
1. Ensure all existing natural habitats are
preserved as they are without further exploitation
2. Establish a global agreement for the exploitation
of fisheries and forestry with protection zones
which allow fish and forestry to recover
3. Ensure non compliant states are prevented
from receiving finite resources through global
trading systems if they fail to protect their
natural assets.
4. Ensure any finite resource use such as mining,
fishing, agriculture and oil extraction may only
be exploited with a tax paid to cover the preservation
and restoration of natural habitats and production
of renewable energy etc.
5. Create a new global currency, which has a
value set in the natural capital of these resources
and require stock market trading to contribute
to this currency.
6. Ensure energy production is switched from
material resource use to energy resource use
to help reduce the energy imbalance in our system
(solar, wind, wave and hydro),
7. Undertake an annual audit of the state of
the planet and monitor progress to sustainability
by all nations through a set of good governance
indicators
8. Establish a global agreement on population
and set limits on carbon footprints per nation
and individual
9. Ensure all planning is based upon the needs
of the next generation not the present one and
the likely world which will exist at that time
10. To accept that the free market, freedoms
of the individual and standard democratic models
are not solutions to global problems and they
often limit the freedoms of many individuals,
societies and affect future capacity, due to
the imbalance of wealth, power and opportunity.
To establish a set of good governance indicators
to monitor national progress towards sustainability.
If you do come across this website I would be
most interested in your thoughts on content and
ideas. We are all searching for solutions and
I would be interested if you can guide me further.
Thank you and please enjoy this poetry site and
provide me any feedback either good or bad.
My pledges 2008
It is a great
challenge to be focused on service and not
on money. To rely on peoples realisation of
the value you provide and their goodwill and
generosity rather than commercial contracts.
I have worked for Green Business UK as its
main founder since 1997 it has been a real
challenge and has meant that most of the time
I have been working at significantly less than
the minimum wage and have little to invest
in green activities elsewhere. I have personally
funded trees4africa and arranged the planting
and protection of 5000 trees. That said I am
not sure what will happen next to the initiative
given my hectic workload and my commitments
not to fly. So much of my work is unpaid and
developmental but also necessary if we are
to really make a difference. What is sad is
just how many people take the good work I do
and claim it as their own or try to copy what
I do without acknowledgements and therefore
undermine the campaign, but then again there
are a great many people who credit me with
assisting them in achieving their goals and
generously support our aims. I know what we
do together in the GTBS and trees4Africa is
worthwhile. It is the best of the work we do
together and the great challenges and foolish
actions we face which inspires me to write
my poetry.
I have made the following pledges for 2008-10
1. To invest in more energy saving actions at home (I already have a super
insulated home which me and Andrea built in 2000 which has a SAP rating of
over 100)
2. To investigate a woodburner system to replace my existing oil boiler
3. To purchase renewably sourced energy and otherwise only purchase items I
need
4. To continue to reduce my meat eating and further support local and organic
and fair trade
5. To continue to offset my carbon emissions through local tree planting (planting
6 trees per annum around my house and garden)
6. To find a way to pass on the trees4africa initiative to another body or
organisation
7. To try and avoid peeing into drinking water provided it causes no offence
8. To avoid the use of chemicals in the home through the use of microfibres
and naturals
9. To refuse to work for non committed organisations or projects and fly only
if essential
10. To continue to try to be a better person fairer to all and able to face
tough decisions
If you do come across this website I would be most interested in your thoughts
on content and ideas. We are all searching for solutions and I would be interested
if you can guide me further.
You can contact me through
Jon@green-business.co.uk
Thank you and please enjoy this poetry site and provide me any feedback either
good or bad.
My 10 Commandments
for a Sustainable Lifestyle
1. Treat the earth and all who
dwell on it with respect
2. Love life and share with those who share your values
3. Do not waste resources especially your own talent
4. Be honest and remain vigilant to deception
5. Face your fears and support the good in others
6. Do not judge without good cause and be prepared to change your opinions
7. Retain an open mind and have a positive attitude in all your efforts
8. Remain both generous and forgiving
9. Consider your actions in relation to future generations
10. Live according to a dream which can be shared by all
If you do come across this
website I would be most interested in your
thoughts on content and ideas. We are all searching
for solutions and I would be interested if
you can guide me further.
Thank you and please enjoy this poetry site and provide me any feedback either
good or bad.
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