Before & After

Before

The manufacturing of goods and the delivery of services requires that we use our natural resources. Consuming natural resources means that natural habitats are destroyed as we strip land to make way for mining operations or we clear forests for lumber and prepare fields for agriculture. There is no consideration for the consequences of such actions, including loss of biodiversity, or the impact on climate change due to the loss of photosynthesizing plants and trees, or the fact that tree populations are massively declining. To consume natural resources in a way that preserves the environment has a cost associated with it, for example by using less destructive methods of tree removal to prevent forests and rain forests from disappearing, or by replanting trees to offset the loss of trees cut for lumber. Capitalism places no value on the environment so the additional cost simply cannot be justified when profit is the only goal and the only thing that matters.

After

Environmental Respect and Sustainability are two Core Principles of Nutopia. All policies must adhere to all Core Principles so all manufactured goods and services in Nutopia must protect the environment and ensure that natural resources are consumed in a sustainable way. That means that if an item is manufactured then the manufacturing process must have a net zero effect on the environment or measures must be taken to compensate for the negative effect. Similarly if a resource such as trees is used to manufacture an item, then trees must be replanted so that the net effect of the tree consumption is zero and the continued availability of natural resources is ensured.