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Put the “Eco” is an Economic Development
Tool: Regional Eco-Economic Assessment
David JaberNatural LogicMay 9, 2007
“Regional Eco-Economic Assessment”
Towards an Integral EconomyGoals• Identify business sectors to develop given
environmental and community quality-of-life needs
• Identify business sectors to investigate for efficiency and waste reduction opportunities
• Identify “gaps” in the regional “ecosystem” of businesses where new revenue streams and sectors can be created by turning byproduct wastes into a resource.
• Investigation for a city, county, or multi-county region• Create a baseline of environmental impacts and
economic contribution, by industry sector • ID
– The industries that give the largest contributions per amount of impact
– The industries to investigate for environmental improvement
• Evaluate productivity (econ benefits per amount of environmental “non-product”)
• Evaluate the contribution of “nature’s services”• Potential matches of non-products with resource needs
Project Outline
• Products: Value-added, job creation• Non-Products: Solid waste, hazardous
wastes, wastewater• Energy: Electricity and natural gas use• Materials: Water, supplies• Nature’s Services: land area, rainfall,
sunlight
Aspects for Investigation
Framework
TNS Conditions– Material from the earth’s crust must not
accumulate in the earth’s living systems– Man-made substances must not accumulate– Maintain health, diversity, and abundance --
pre-industrial -- of the earth’s living systems– Equity for all in sustaining and enriching life
Permaculture Ethical Principles
• Care for the earth (husband soil, forests and water)
• Care for people (look after self, kin and community)
• Fair share (set limits to consumption and reproduction, and redistribute surplus)
Ethics
Source: Holmgren, David. “Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability”
Framework (continued)Permaculture Design Principles
1. Observe & Interact2. Catch & Store Energy3. Obtain a Yield4. Apply Self-regulation & Accept Feedback5. Use & Value Renewable Resources and Services6. Produce No Waste7. Design From Patterns to Details8. Integrate Rather Than Segregate9. Use Small and Slow Solutions10. Use and Value Diversity11. Use Edges and Value the Marginal12. Creatively Use and Respond to Change
First Step: Identify Area Industries• Commerce lists by region• IMPLAN
Second Step: Define Indicators and Gather Data• Economic
– Value-Added
• Environmental– Toxics (TRI)– Energy Use (DOE)– Solid Waste (state/local)– Water (state/local, USGS)
Third Step: Calculate “Nature’s Services”• Solar Potential• Rainfall• Land Usage
Fourth Step: Analyze Results
• Compare – Economic contribution to environmental
impact– Resource use to nature’s services
Fourth Step: Analyze Results
• Compare cross-industry outputs to cross-industry inputs
Materials
Recovery
Facility
(MRF)
Regional
Waste
Streams
Logging
Camps and
Contractors
Sawmills
and Planing
Mills
Secondary
Wood
Products
Boat
Building
and
Ship
Building
Paper-
board
Mill
Export
Compost
Operation Biofuels
Landfill
Agri-
culture
Ecological
Waste-
water
Treatment
Forests
Paper
Products
Possible
Agricultural/Forestry/Industrial
Cluster
solid
waste
trees
nonrecyclables
recyclables
wood chips
and
wood scraps
paperboard
wastewater
waste paper
wood wastes
residues
compost
mulch
soil
amendments
agricultural wastes
packaging
and other
wastes
paper
wood
products
wood
products
logs
organics
IN USE
NOW
NEW
animal feed
energy crops
Aspirations
• Expand nature’s services – Open space as flood control, groundwater
regeneration, air cleansing– Biodiversity
• Social Indicators– % of Living Wage– Human Rights ratings– Employee injuries/lost work-days
• Make results web-based
Streamlining the Process
Web-based tools• Quick access to data• Easily review resource productivity trends, key ratios,
key comparisons
Natural Logic
Strategy and Planning• Strategic sustainability assessments
• Sustainable economic development
• Workshops and webinars
Metrics and Reporting• Measures that Matter workshops
• Indicators development
• Business Metabolics™ KPI
management system
• Sustainability reporting
http://www.natlogic.com
David Jaber - [email protected]