If we still had the real business minds of yesterday we could have already started rebuilding a broken economy with growth we lived after WWII, years back and with continued expansion, that was abruptly stopped some thirty plus years ago. We would be creating jobs for the already experienced and expanding the needs for the younger generations to further expand that growth.
"In almost every career in the future, there will be an aspect of the green economy," said Boyd. "Whether you are the legal, financial aspect, there will be a part of the Green Economy weaving his way through his career. "
Getting people to go green is a question of economic incentives and education, according to a panel of American and British experts spoke in Columbia South Carolina on Friday.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, Colombia Mayor Steve Benjamin and British Energy Minister Gregory Barker participated in the debate at the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business.
Barker, a leader in the efforts of the United Kingdom who understand that green homes modernize the aging of the nation to be more energy efficient, said his country has a goal of becoming the world greener.
"Not only because it is right for our children and grandchildren, but because we realized that it is the smart thing to do to turn around our economy," said Barker. "We are aware that any competitive global economy must reduce its dependence on expensive fuels and fossil even abroad."
One step in that direction, he and other panelists from the United Kingdom, he said, was that the leaders are still debating the causes of climate change and began to talk about how to cope.
"He has support across the spectrum of politics in Britain," said Emma Howard Boyd panelist, director of SRI and governance of Jupiter Asset Management Limited. "We almost moved beyond the debate about science because we have these long-term policy framework in place." {continued}
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