development

Incentives for Healthy, Eco-Friendly Remodels

by Joshua on April 16, 2009 · 2 comments

Richard Moyle, with the Mesothelioma Cancer Resource Center recently inquired about posting an article on this blog in relation to the new tax incentives that have been placed into law to “jump start” our economy. Of course, we don’t need a jump start – we need a whole different engine. We need an economy that [...]

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Do The Ends Justify the Means?

by Joshua on April 9, 2009 · 1 comment

Growth is a tool, to be used to satisfy some need. What do we need it for now? I recently had a conversation with Rob Dietz, Executive Director of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) that sparked some thoughts. A little background about me is needed first, though. After growing [...]

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Return to Community Through Local Food

by Joshua on April 4, 2009 · 4 comments

Spring is in the air! For us Seattleites, spring is not exactly like the season seen in movies or television. Spring in Seattle is like a bipolar transition between seasons: Mother Nature changes her mind frequently and without warning until May or June when the weather finally evens out to the best-kept Seattle secret: 3 [...]

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Development vs Growth

by Joshua on March 10, 2009 · 13 comments

In a steady-state economy the focus is on development versus growth. As Herman Daly puts it, growth refers to “physical scale of the matter/energy throughput that sustains the economic activities of production and consumption of commodities.” In other words, growth is the increasing of production and consumption of goods and services. This is a quantitative [...]

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