Permaculture Economics Quotes

“One compelling argument for ethical governance is that it promotes trust. Trust is the bedrock of any healthy relationship, including those between a company and its stakeholders.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., The Virtuous Boardroom: How Ethical Corporate Governance Can Cultivate Company Success

“Permaculture economics empowers communities to adapt and thrive in a changing climate.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“Profit serves as a metric of efficiency and effectiveness, indicating that a company is utilizing its resources responsibly and creating value for all its stakeholders while minimizing its negative impact.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., The Virtuous Boardroom: How Ethical Corporate Governance Can Cultivate Company Success

“To combat climate change, we must transform our economic systems, not just our energy sources.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“To avert climate crisis, it's important that humanity recognizes the intrinsic value of nature, beyond its convertible utility.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“The concentration of wealth perpetuates the permanence of inequality.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“While Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and ESG frameworks have pushed companies to consider their broader impact, a new frontier is emerging: Permaculture Economics. This holistic approach transcends the traditional focus on mitigating negative impact and instead emphasizes actively creating a regenerative future.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance

“Nature's beauty inspires creative innovation, driving regenerative entrepreneurship.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Corporate responsibility, like personal responsibility, is actually more empowering than it is restricting – but in each case, it takes a certain level of wisdom to see that.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“To avert climate crises, it's important that humanity invests in climate resilience, not just climate adaptation.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“The flow of financial capital dictates the rhythm of social progress.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“The economy thrives when businesses prioritize social responsibility alongside profitability.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Ethics in the economy promotes a level playing field, where everyone has a chance to succeed.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Permaculture Economics emphasizes the elimination of waste by designing closed-loop systems where outputs become inputs for other processes.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“When capital is invested wisely in productive assets and activities, it can lead to increased output, job creation, and improved living standards.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“Equitable & Synergistic Systems Economics (ESSE), also known as Permaculture Economics, is a new economic framework I created that merges principles from permaculture – a design system for sustainable and regenerative agriculture and living – with the fundamentals of capitalist economics.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“To avert climate crisis, it's important that humanity embraces permaculture economics, prioritizing regeneration over exploitation. Interestingly enough, putting regeneration over exploitation will create more opportunities for individuals and businesses to profit.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Permaculture economics offers a climate-resilient future, where growth and sustainability converge.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Climate action requires a new economic paradigm, prioritizing people and planet over profits if necessary. But really and truly, we need to learn to channel our pursuits for profit into service.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Principles of a Permaculture Economy

“When we as humanity realize that chilate change is an economic opportunity, we'll see more progress in one year than we did in the past ten years.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“To avert climate crises, it's important that humanity listens to and learns from indigenous knowledge. Pairing indigenous knowledge with modern science and technology will be a win for humanity.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“To avert climate crises, it's important that humanity protects and restores natural carbon sinks, like forests and wetlands. But modern advancements in architecture, materials science, and construction give us the ability to make our modern cities into carbon sinks. We have the technologies, the knowledge, and the capabilities to make cities more valuable to the natural ecosystem than forests are.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Wealth inequality must be addressed not by force, but by flow. Forced redistribution, regardless of how well intentioned, is morally wrong. We need an economic system that naturally facilitates the equitable flow of capital such that capital is more widely distributed on a perpetual basis.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“The engine of economic growth must be fueled by inclusivity and opportunity for all. Only a foolish society would accept the spread of poverty in exchange for growth.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Permaculture Economics is a system that only allows contexts whererby the pursuit of profit is aligned with the pursuit of service, and whereby that service is to the benefit of not only a specific group directly but to society at large indirectly - such that every economic participant indirectly benefits from the profit pursuits of other economic participants. Lets learn from nature. In a forest, every life form there benefits when a single leaf is returned to the soil, or when a single bee transports the pollen of a single flower, or when a single mushroom sends out spores. There are exclusive interactions and exclusive services, but the exclusivity of benefits has its limits. A single kind of life form may get the majority of benefits from a certain activity, but all life forms in that ecosystem will receive some residual benefits from that activity. And this isn't by force, but by design.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“The distribution of financial capital determines the destination of human potential. Some of the humanitarians out there may not want to admit it, but money really does make the world go around.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“An ethical economy benefits society as a whole, fostering a more just and prosperous world.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“B.R.I.C.S nations would be wise to adapt Permaculture Economics if they truly want to have societies where capital is maximally productive, and where the masses of people share in the wealth of that productivity of capital.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Permaculture economics is a new and novel sustainable framework that integrates permaculture principles with capitalist fundamentals. It prioritizes wealth cultivation, ecological harmony, sustainability, and efficient capital use, encouraging businesses to operate ethically and responsibly. This approach seeks a balance between economic growth, wealth equity, and environmental sustainability, promoting a regenerative and harmonious economic system.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Permaculture Economics offers profound opportunities for the B.R.I.C.S nations.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.