Seventh Generation Hosts Sustainable U.S. Summit

Their mission is green and there’s no stopping them. Seventh Generation, a provider of eco-friendly household products, is hosting a meeting of some of the country’s top sustainability experts in Burlington, VT, July 7-9. The three-day summit, “Creating a Game Plan for the Transition to a Sustainable U.S. Economy,” will produce a detailed road map to move the U.S. economy to one that is ecologically sustainable, socially fair and economically efficient, according to the company. The event is being organized in cooperation with the University of Vermont’s Gund Institute for Ecological Economics.

The discussion will focus on how to create a society that emphasizes quality of life rather than quantity of consumption; includes all external costs in the prices of its products and services; measures economic activity and social progress in a holistic way; offers full and fulfilling employment; provides a more equitable distribution of wealth and increased investments in social capital; rapidly reduces its greenhouse gas emissions to prevent catastrophic climate change; and conserves and enhances all forms of Earth’s “natural capital,” according to the company.