Starting from the deep recognition that the economy must fit within Earth’s limits – where resources are not used faster than they can be regenerated and wastes are not deposited faster than they can be safely assimilated. Policies must change to move toward a steady state economy in overdeveloped industrial countries and sustainable development in impoverished countries. Current institutions and rules must change so that individuals, communities and whole societies can participate equitably in the economy and share in Earth’s bounty. Financial institutions should embrace the principle of subsidiarity, allowing decisions to be made at the most local level possible. Priority should be given to policies that distribute wealth widely and decentralize economic power.
Toward this end we will seek to understand more fully what transformations are required to attain economic right relationship. We will promote a serious reorientation of the global economy away from growth and toward human development. We will pursue changes in laws, policies, international agreements, and institutions to create a more durable, resilient and fair economy. We will examine our lifestyles and decrease consumption. We will advocate for sustainable levels of resource use and safe quantities of waste production, including equitably assigned reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
Statement of Principles for Climate Finance from the Faith Economy Ecology Working Group
Websites
Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
Green economics primer by Frank de Jong
Steady state economics by Herman Daly
Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
Green economics: Turning mainstream thinking on its head by Thomas Prugh
Money as Debt – an excellent 47 minute video that explains the history of money and its significance
Books
Economics, ecology, ethics: Essays toward a steady-state economy edited by Herman E Daly, W. H. Freeman and Company, 1973
For the common good: Redirecting the economy toward community, the environment, and a sustainable future, by Herman E Daly and John B Cobb Jr., Beacon Press, 1994
Beyond growth, by Herman E Daly, Beacon Press 1996
Ecological economics: Principles and applications, by Herman E Daly and Joshua Farley, Island Press, 2004
Deep economy: The wealth of communities and the durable future by Bill McKibben
The bridge at the edge of the world: Capitalism, the environment, and crossing from crisis to sustainability, James Gustave Speth, Yale University Press, 2008
Sustainability and spirituality by John Carroll, SUNY Press, 2004
State of the World 2008: Innovations for a sustainable economy, World Watch Institute
Agenda for a new economy: From phantom wealth to real wealth, by David Korten
The logic of sufficiency, by Thomas Princen
Articles
Catholic Bishops Share Stories of “Climate Refugees”
Toward an Ecologically Integrated Economy, by Pamela Haines
Redefining Progress, by Pamela Haines
Looking at Life Beyond Growth, by Pamela Haines
Criteria for Success at Rio+20 Identified
Growth as a Cancer, by Pamela Haines
Millennium Consumption Goals, by Marianne Comfort
Financialization of Nature, by Dave Kane
Wealth is not the same as money
Living Well Beyond Money by Julia Wartenberg
Equity and Economic Growth, by Pamela Haines
Wall Street as Servant to the Economy, by Pamela Haines
Human Sacrifices to the Financial Markets, by Pamela Haines
Economists Question Importance of Agriculture, by Pamela Haines
Trying to Understand Climate Change Deniers, by Pamela Haines
Feminist Political Economy, by Julia Wartenburg
Collaborative Consumption, by Marianne Comfort
Simple Pleasures Beyond Materialism, by Pamela Haines
Seeing the World Anew: A Framework for a Renewed Economy
Good numbers gone bad: Why relying on GDP as a leading economic gauge can lead to poor decision-making, by Joseph Stiglitz
What’s wrong with the GDP, from Jay Hanson’s website
Is Economic Growth Always a Good Thing?
Videos
HOME a beautiful film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand that speaks of the unbalanced relationship that humans have with Earth, also available on DVD through the Commission on Voluntary Service and Action p: 718-729-CVSA; f: 718-482-8724
Faith, Economy, Ecology, Transformation 
Might you consider including the following books on your list?
Love God, Heal Earth: 21 Leading Religious Voices Speak Out on Our Sacred Duty to Protect the Environment, by Sally G. Bingham
Inspiring Progress: Religions’ Contribution to Sustainable Development, by Gary T. Gardner
Right Relationship: Building a Whole Earth Economy, by Peter G. Brown and Geoffrey Garver
By: Geoff Garver on October 8, 2010
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