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edNat i
onEnvir
onmentPr ogr
amme( UNEP)member ikanpengert
ianekonomi hi
jausebagai
kegiat
anperekonomianyangmampumeni ngkatkankesejaht
eraandankeadil
ansosi aldisat
u
sisi
.Tetapi
disi
sil
ainmampumenghi langkandampaknegat i
fpert
umbuhanekonomi terhadap
l
ingkungandankelangkaansumberday aalam.Menur utUNEP, ekonomihij
aumer upakan
kegiat
anperekonomianyangrendahkarbon, t
idakmengandal kanbahanbakarfosil
,hemat
sumberday aal
am danberkeadil
ansosial.

Ekonomi hij
aumenur utCato,mempuny aicir
i-
cir
i y
aitusuatusit
em ekonomihij
aumer upakan
ekonomi yangberbasislokal
.Dalam ekonomi hi
jau,orang-
orangakanberhubungansat udengan
yanglainl ebi
hduludanbar ukemudi anber dagang.Pasardipandangsebagaitempat
besosiali
sasi danpersahabatanyangmeny enangkandi manaber i
tadanpandanganpol it
ik
dipert
ukar kansepertihal
nyabarangdanguang.Cat o,M.S.
,Greeneconomics:AnIntroductiont
o
Theory ,
Pol i
cyandPr acti
ce,eart
hscan,London, 2009, dal
am SudarsonoSoedomo, Ekonomi
Hijau:pendekt ansosi
al,kul
tural
dant eknologi

Menur utSurnaTj ahj

aDj aj
adini
ngratdkk(2011)Ekonomi hi
jauadalahsuatuparadigma
pembangunany angdidasarkankepadaefisi
ensipemanfaatansumberday a(r
esources
effi
ci
ency ),
polakonsumsi danproduksiyangberkelanj
utan(sust
ainableconsumptionand
producti
onpat tern)sert
ainternal
i
sasi bi
aya-
biay
al i
ngkungandansosi al(
inter
nal
izati
onthe
external
it
ies).

Prof.PaulEkins,co-
dir
ectorofUKEner gyResearchCent
re,say
sthegreeneconomyr epresent
s
"aradical
newambi t
ionforhumani t
y".Hesaysthisambi
ti
onaimst o"
ensurethatourdecisi
on-
maki ngprocessesgiveful
lv al
uetonatureandwhatitgi
vestous,sothatwecontinuetoreap
i
tsbenef i
tsnowandi nthef utur
e.”

AndyStirl
i
ng, prof
essorofScience&Technol ogyPol i
cyattheUniv
ersit
yofSussex,andco-
dir
ect
oroft heSTEPSr esearchandpol icycentre,saysther
earemanypossi bl
efuturesthatcan
bemor egreenandmor efai
r.Hest r
essesequi ty:"Amongt hemostimportdri
versofgreen
tr
ansformations,t
hen,i
scont inuousdemocr ati
cst ruggl
e–t ochal
lengeentr
enchedpower ;
emancipateapl ur
ali
tyofcurrentl
ymar ginal
isedinterest
s;andenablegreat
erdiv
ersi
tyand
exper
iment .
”

I
IEDdir
ect
orAndrewNor
tonsays:
"Formeachi
evi
nggreeneconomymeanst hatever
yonegets
t
oliv
einaplacewit
hcl
eanai
r,i
nacountr
ywithsoci
alj
usti
ceandgenderequali
ty,
inacont
inent
wherethenat
ural
wor l
dinthr
ivi
ng,
andi
nawor
ldwi
thast
abl
ecl
i
mat
eandacommi
tmentt
o
uphol
dinghumanright
sforal
l.
"

Hunt
erS.Lov
ins,
chi
efexecut
iveof
fi
cerofNatur
alCapi
tal
i
sm Sol
uti
ons,
say
ssi
mpl
y:"
It
'sa
worl
dofshar
edwell
-bei
ngonahealthypl
anet
."

Manyoft heexpertsfocusedontheenv i
ronment.DameGeor gi
naMace, headoftheCentr
efor
Biodiversit
yandEnv i
ronmentResearchatUniversit
yColl
egeLondon,says:"Asanecologi
stI
l
iket othinkthatt
hegr eeneconomyisonet hatfundamental
l
yembr acesthedynamicsofthe
Earth'sli
fesupportsystems,ensur
ingthatthebenefit
scanfl
owt oeveryone,pr
esentand
future."

Thr
oughext
ensi
ver
esear
ch,
ECOCanadadef
inest
hegr
een

economyas:

Theaggr
egat
eofal
lact
ivi
tyoper
ati
ngwi
tht
hepr
imar
y

i
ntent
ionofr
educi
ngconv
ent
ional
lev
elsofr
esour
ce

consumpt
ion,
har
mful
emi
ssi
ons,
andmi
nimi
zi
ngal
lfor
ms

ofenv
ironment
ali
mpact
.Thegr
eeneconomyi
ncl
udest
he

i
nputs,acti
vi
ti
es,
output
sandoutcomesastheyrelat
etothepr
oduct
ionofgr
eenpr
oduct
sand
ser
vices.ECOCanadaisanot
-f
or-pr
ofi
tor
ganizat
ionthatwasf
ir
st

est
abl
i
shedi
n1992undert
hef
eder
algov
ernment
’sSect
or

Counci
li
nit
iat
ive.

AGr eenEconomycanbet houghtofasanalt

ernat
ivevisi
onforgr
owthanddev el
opment;
one
thatcangenerategr owthandimprovementsinpeople’
sli
vesinwaysconsi
stentwith
sustai
nabledevelopment .AGreenEconomypr omotesatripl
ebot
tom l
ine:
sustai
ningand
advancingeconomi c,envir
onmentalandsoci
alwell
-bei
ng.

Mani
shBapnaandJohnTal
ber
th-Apr
il05,
2011wor
ldr
esear
chi
nst
it
ute
TheInter
nat
ionalChamberofCommer ce(
ICC)repr
esenti
ngglobalbusi
nessdef i
nesgreen
economyas“ aneconomyinwhicheconomicgrowt
handenv i
ronmentalresponsibi
l
itywor
k
toget
herinamutuall
yrei
nfor
cingfashi
onwhil
esupport
ingpr
ogr essonsocialdevel
opment”

Theconceptofgr
eengrowthstressestheimportanceofint
egrat
ingeconomicand
envi
ronmental
poli
ciesi
nawayt hathighli
ghtst
heoppor t
unit
iesfornewsourcesofeconomi
c
growthwhil
eavoi
dingunsust
ainablepressur
eont hequali
tyandquanti
tyofnatur
alasset
s
(OECD,2011aand2011b).