Natural Capital Speaks!, excerpt from 'An Introduction to Ecological Economics'

In a series produced by Griesinger Films from 1991 to 1996, the 180 minute DVD Natural Capital Speaks! presents four provocative 45 minute documentary videos that cover the historic emergence of the young science of ecological economics. Providing unprecedented access to the inspirational analyses and prescient warnings of some of the world's most renowned ecologists, economists, scientists and politicians, Natural Capital Speaks! captures the fascinating, early days of an economics that counts the earth. This excerpt is from : AN INTRODUTION TO ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, 45 minutes, 1991, Madison, WI -- Gaylord Nelson, Herman Daly, John Cobb Jr., Ann Kapuscinski, Martin Evers and others emphatically demonstrate that the human economy is a smaller, open sub-system of a finite, non-growing and materially closed ecosystem. The stunning liquidation of the forests in Siberia and the Pacific Northwest; the looming collapse of the global fishery; humanity's preemption of the Net Primary Product of Photosynthesis; and Daly and Cobb's 'Index for Sustainable Economic Welfare' are put into an exciting, revolutionary perspective. Video excerpts from 'The Ancient Forest' provided by Light Hawk, the 'Environmental Air Force'. Video finalist, World Congress, Eco-Ed '92, Toronto, Canada Be sure to watch excerpts from the other videos in Natural Capital Speaks! from Griesinger Films: Investing in Natural Capital, Conversation for a Sustainable Society, and Costa Rica Counts the Future.