“Blue economy: 10 years, 100 innovations, 100 million jobs” - report to the Gunther Pauli Club of Rome . The purpose of the report is to show innovative ways to manage and use the available resources and thus deal with environmental problems and climate change . The book shows how by imitating natural processes, you can create new successful business models that will have economic, social and environmental benefits. The book offers an alternative to conventional industrial processes, shifting the focus from the use of fossil resources to simpler and more environmentally friendly technologies. One of the book’s objectives is to attract entrepreneurs' interest in innovative business projects that could bring economic benefits, successfully competing with traditional approaches in the economy.
The basic principles of the Blue Economy: any resource can be replaced by another if it is needed for production; there is no waste in nature; any by-product is a source for a new product [1] .
Content
- 1 Content of the Blue Economy
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Blue Economy Content
- Eternal resources for the challenges of today
- Imitating Ecosystems to Create a Blue Economy
- Natural resource efficiency
- Guidance for market leaders
- MBA in nature (Mastery of brilliant adaptation)
- Cascading models. Numerous cash flows
- Silkweave weave
- From huge to tiny
- A wide range of features. New methods for producing dyes and cosmetics
- New ways to get energy
- Real gold: mines as a treatment
- Stream Constructions
- The cumulative effect of the Blue Economy
- Epilogue. Dream come true
- Appendix 1. Table with 100 innovations inspired by nature
- Appendix 2. 100 innovations that foster competitive business models
Notes
Literature
- Gunter Pauli, Sinia Ekonomika: 10 rock, 100 innovation, 100 miles of work, Risk Reduction Foundation 2012 (Ukrainian)
Links
- Opinion: "Blue" economy - the path to the prosperity of mankind
- In Kiev, presented the book "Blue Economy"
- Gunter Pauli, Blue Economy writer: We're able to capitalize on environmentally friendly methods
- The blue economy
- Gunter Pauli and the Blue Economy
- Gunter Pauli: “One can get out of the crisis only through a fundamentally new model of the economy”