Good talk. It really came together at the end. As somebody who is very pro-capitalism, it is nice to see somebody else who uses logic to evaluate the prospective future relationships between business and sustainability that benefits both future business models and the world simultaneously.

Hi, makes perfect sense. I've been involved in sustainability for decades and believe I can build sustainable homes for less than conventional ones (no small challenge). my experience is people have a hard time understanding what doesn't exist. Furthermore, established industries have difficulty reinventing their approaches. I know, I was actively involved in the infancy of the solar industry in 1980. I've worked with large corporations that when I suggested adopting even minimal innovations as to energy savings approaches (ie passive design or solar) I would often get blank expressions. I did have my successes. I would love to build model sustainable houses on spec. Retrofits are fine but a ground up approach yields better results. I live in Texas where solar works well and wrapping it into an overall investment strategy makes it even more efficacious. Unfortunately, with the state of the economy due to the unbridled greed and fraud that brought us here, it is extremely hard to find financing for my project. I am just one person with a dream. So if there is the possibility I could get more information about how to contact you and submit a proposal maybe I can begin doing what I know works.

There are several problems that capitalism faces apart from sustainability. In the age of abundance and automation, capitalism is archaic and can no longer assist us, but only hinder our way forward. The closer we get to a zero marginal cost society, the more pointless capitalism becomes. Why do we have to go through such a long, drawn out, train wreck? ... I guess it just takes some people like Vivian longer to see.

Hey but do you know that solar plate are made with worst material like cadmium zinc lead mercury etc that will affect more than carbon emissions in the long run... 😔😔😔

Zero growth Capitalism should resolve all the problems. It will be tough to attain with the 2 opposing sides constantly fighting.

This made me start my masters in corporate sustainability!!!

Sustainable capitalism-less equity for the owner, more equity in the hands of entrepreneurs. Sustainable capitalism encourages private ownership, while promoting infrastructure.

how can you get sustainable capitalism that's contradictory

The truth is people are lazy and greedy.

Here are some good questions that I think need to be answered. How much gas/oil do you have to use to make all of these solar panels, batteries, etc compared to how much is currently used? Can a cities like new york and LA run off solar/electricity without the standard of living completely plummeting? Could solar panels/electricity/batteries be potentially just as harmful to the environment? Will internet and phone reception slow to a crawl? Also, a question for one of your statements, how does charging for water in an area where there isn't much water help anybody? It sounds like such an area would be really poor and I doubt people could pay. Sounds like a way to kill people. Look ultimately sustainability would require government intervention and the eroding away of peoples rights. I mean you basically said it at with beginning people are greedy, and treat each other and the environment badly. How do you suppose you correct this? You take away rights and enforce laws that make people obey basically you become China. This isn't a new economic model but a copying and pasting of China authoritarian regime. I do get the sentiment about needing to preserve the earth for future generations, but if were going to substitute oil/gas for anything it needs to be something that can help us maintain a good standard living for the amount of people we have in the world. Maybe the answer is nuclear idk. But I cant actually see solar/electricity being a fuel that could sustain the world with the amount of people we have. I dont think we should do anything that would erode rights from people. In order to get people to care more for each other and the world I think maybe we need to inspire the individuals directly the way jordan peterson does. If you get individuals to care for trying to manifest the best person they can be they will ultimately be better people with better intentions.

Watching this during the 2020 pandemic and capatalism is still failing to be sustainable, government regulation still seems to be the only option to make capatalism sustainable, yet ....

First of all, I'm all for sustainability but this nonsense about sustainable capitalism is sad, politically naive and academically incompetent. Capitalism is about capital accumulation, in the short- and long-term, i.e., other aspects don't factor in unless under PR expenditures. If some companies start paying more for the same thing due to intrinsic inefficiencies or other factors while others don't, they'll run out of business over time. That's capitalism. Setting prices according to criteria other than capital such as direct impact on climate, social inequality, racism, misogyny, etc is not capitalism, rather socialism or at the very least social-democracy. And who sets prices within a given jurisdiction, I wonder? Is it some magical entity? Or is it the good old State? And how big would the jurisdiction need to be to solve the climate issue? That's right: global. In other words, solving the problem will require an unprecedented level of State-level international cooperation. Is the U.S. politically ready for that? I have my doubts. If we really want to solve anything, we have to go to the root of the problem, and the original sin is an uncritical adherence to liberalism or classical economics, which emphasized exchange values rather than use values. Start there and mankind might have a chance.

inb4 Trumpanzees

I'm not saying the way capitalism works right now is ideal or right, but resorting to socialism is not the answer.

The speaker looks too serious in her presentation. a bit subtle with some sense of humour would have been better. Also, can you first come up with a comprehensive plan on solving America's trade deficit and job security problems before pointing figure at your president?

This is a JOKE