{"id":9577,"date":"2020-10-22T11:54:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T11:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allegriecologia.it\/blue-economy-natural-solutions\/"},"modified":"2020-10-22T11:54:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T11:54:06","slug":"blue-economy-natural-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allegriecologia.it\/en\/blue-economy-natural-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Economy, natural solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the last year the public debate about climate change<\/strong> has urged reflection on causes and related phenomena: natural resources exploitation, pollution and waste management, exhaustion of traditional energy sources, decline in biodiversity, economical systems footprint.
\nStates and civil society initiatives have launched \u2013 though in alternate and different ways \u2013 strategies based on sustainability and green economy<\/strong>, where environment, society and economy are indissolubly connected. Among the 17 goals of European Union 2030 schedule for sustainable development<\/a> we can find, in fact, climate action next to poverty and zero hunger, water resources protection and quality education, clean energy with peace and justice. From this perspective a concept close to green economy, lesser known and more radical, that aims at systemic solutions, assumes value: the blue economy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What is blue economy<\/h2>\n

Blu economy has been theorised by the Belgian economist Gunter Pauli in 2009<\/strong>. It is actually the proposal of a different development mode. The blue economy principles and example cases have been described in the book The Blue Economy: 10 years \u2013 100 innovations \u2013 100 million<\/em>, then reissued some years later in a 2.0 edition and available on the organization\u2019s website<\/a>. The blue economy theory indicates it is possible to obtain more work, more incomes, more wellness with less investment for environment protection and in full compliance with the limits ant rhythms of nature. The crucial difference with the green economy is the initial assumption: the blue economy does not aim to reduce emissions, but to get to zero emissions<\/strong>, with a complete reversal of the point of view.<\/p>\n

Technology that imitates nature<\/h3>\n

Environment protection is no longer a cost. Economy must be reconsidered in an integrated system<\/strong>, where an advanced technology \u201dimitates\u201d chemical, physical, biological process according to the natural ecosystems\u2019 functions Some features of the model are:<\/p>\n