2012 State of the Union address: on Environment

Jill Stein: Green Transition Program: convert gray economy to green

The benefits we get from the environment dwarf those that come to us from human economic activity--even when measured strictly in dollar terms. What we usually call "the environment" is really another word for Mother Nature's economy. A business model that destroys our forests, our fisheries, our topsoil, our water supplies, our health, and our climate--is a business model that will inevitably collapse upon itself. And an economy that is addicted to ever-increasing supplies of oil is not only doomed, it is a national security disaster just waiting to happen.