Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/53026
Title: Ecological Economics and The Cosmic Bank
Contributor(s): Nash, Joshua  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2015
Open Access: Yes
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/53026
Open Access Link: https://anzsee.org.au/2015conferencepapers/Open Access Link
Abstract: 

This essay is about exchange. It places a personal theoretical understanding of economics-the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth-into the practical context of developing the garden on a rental property in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. The theory of improving this small plot of land for a single family and those who come after is presented. An unconventional theory of economics dubbed The Cosmic Bank (TCB) is put forward using examples of the continuation of healthy human-nature-culture relationships, creating community connections, and the expansion and sharing of the benefit from an evolving family home.Accessing free and publicly available resources beneficial to gardening and urban land development, e.g. manure, cardboard, autumn leaves, coffee grounds, and composting materials, is put forward as a crucial element in increasing carbon loading when establishing garden beds and moving towards self sufficiency in food production.These elements are essential components for creating community connectedness and belonging through natural and cultural forms of exchange. The position taken is that beautifying one's living environment, whether owned or rented, is a means of reconciling contemporary questions relating to lifestyle, health, wealth generation, sustainability, and links to community and nature. A resolution is posed relating apparently contradictory aspects of time, effort, the fixation on wealth accumulation, belongingness, and the role in self-partner-nature-society dealings and interactions.This resolve aims to reach a synthesis between ecological conceptions of economics and The Cosmic Bank.

Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: ANZSEE 2015: Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics 2015 Conference, Armidale, Australia, 19th - 23rd October, 2015
Source of Publication: Thriving Through Transformation: Local to Global Sustainability, p. 1-12
Publisher: Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics (ANZSEE)
Place of Publication: Armidale, Australia
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 451310 Pacific Peoples linguistics and languages
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280116 Expanding knowledge in language, communication and culture
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: https://anzsee.org.au/anzsee2015conference/
Appears in Collections:Conference Publication
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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