http://www.thedynamo.org/index.php?disp=comments en-US-utf8 http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 05:51:15 +0000 Lance Legel [Member] c60@http://www.thedynamo.org/ Nice report. <br /> <br /> The importance of citizen awareness was also emphasized during the discussion about market-based approaches. "We are creating ethical products through citizen education," said one sustainable development consultant. By "ethical products", he is referring to the cost of negative externalities on what we buy—like ethically produced fair-trade coffee vs. economically produced free-trade coffee; and "creating" these products (e.g. pricing carbon emissions) requires people to be informed and inspired enough to <em>pay</em> for change. This cost makes ethical products all the more difficult to create.<br /> <br /> Sarah, I look forward to your work from Brazil!
The importance of citizen awareness was also emphasized during the discussion about market-based approaches. "We are creating ethical products through citizen education," said one sustainable development consultant. By "ethical products", he is referring to the cost of negative externalities on what we buy—like ethically produced fair-trade coffee vs. economically produced free-trade coffee; and "creating" these products (e.g. pricing carbon emissions) requires people to be informed and inspired enough to pay for change. This cost makes ethical products all the more difficult to create.

Sarah, I look forward to your work from Brazil!]]> http://www.thedynamo.org/index.php/converging-conservation-and-development-in-the-tropics#c60