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Designing Bank of Nature, fiduciary finance and "a safer alternative path" toward the future. A mix of philosophy, finance, climate and law.

Essential Reading at Bank of Nature

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Ian Edwards

Jul 25, 2023

With our new members aboard, here’s a reading list to catch up and get an idea about what we are up to. Let us know what’s landing and not landing with you in the comments.

A third door opens

Ian Edwards

January 3, 2022

We’re livid. We march and wave placards: There is no Planet B! We’re rightfully, royally pissed, red-faced and hoarse from yelling. “They — they!! — aren’t listening! They are ruining it for everyone!” Who are “they” when we are pointing fingers at global mismanagement like the climate crisis? That’s easy. Evil, corrupt politicians and evil, greedy CEOs,…

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Public Pensions as Climate Heroes

Ian Edwards

Mar 8

A very big idea baked into MA Senate bill SD2252 (which will eventually get a new number) is that public pension plan fiduciaries have the potential and obligation to be “climate heroes.” It makes the case that fiduciaries of public pension plans, or –

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Nature’s cranky banker and foreclosure

Ian Edwards

December 31, 2020

Injecting sustainability with some imagination, envision for just a moment a power lunch with Janet Yellen, former chair of the US Federal Reserve and potential Secretary of the Treasury, and Mother Nature, chair of our natural capital reserve – a bank of a different sort.

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Why is Bank of Nature talking "fiduciary duty"?

Ian Edwards

November 10, 2022

Why is Bank of Nature talking "fiduciary duty"?

It’s all about the “How”. Bank of Nature needs an engine. All this talk about fiduciary duty is about bringing the philosophy of Bank of Nature into reality as a real, live bank. So, get comfortable with a word like “fiduciary”. Let “trillions” trip off the tongue. And start walking with us on the “Untaken Safer Alternative Path.”

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The ultimate layaway plan

Ian Edwards

Jul 10

If you see a deduction on your employment pay stub for a defined benefits pension plan, regardless of your age or years on the job, you have bought your future already — on layaway. In the purchasing agreement called "layaway", the buyer makes installments to the seller over time in advance of taking possession of the purchased item. In the meantime, th…

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