A report Closing the Loop: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Creating Green Jobs Through Zero Waste in B.C. co-authored by PCI Fellow Bill Rees was picked up in this article at Straight.com.

From the article:

“What we’re trying to do is to think about how we can have better systems in our society that allow us to have the same high quality of life that we enjoy,” Marc Lee told the Georgia Straight in a phone interview. “We still can have the benefit of consuming things that add value to our lives but doing so in a way that is within the carrying capacity of the planet.”

If that last statement sounds familiar, it’s likely the influence of another of the paper’s four authors, Bill Rees, a former UBC professor who formulated the concept of ecological footprint, a measure of humanity’s demand on the planet and its resources.

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