Carbon Markets Protecting Forests

Carbon Markets Protecting Forests 

Lots of Enviro Good news today! Forest protection, social entrepreneurs, and the hope to influence policy makers.

Steve Zwick of Ecosystem Marketplace (SZwick@ecosystemmarketplace.com) writes about reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) in his article for Huffpost Impact. The blog is part of a Social Entrepreneurs' Challenge to "identifying workable solutions to sticky environmental challenges." Ecosystems' parent organization, Forest Trends was invited by the Skoll Foundation to take part in the challenge.


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Buddhist Monks in Cambodia are using REDD to their advantage with the end result being the protection of close to 50,000 hectares of forest.


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Similar work is being done in Kenya  where REDD has  provided "solutions that are acceptable to both the rural communities and to the marketplace."

Social entrepreneurship is a great step in the right direction. We are most likely not going to eliminate the global monetary system and attempts to continue to do so will use up valuable time and energy. It's not wrong to have, want, or use money. It's very exciting to see that good works is becoming good business!