The idea of "making polluters pay" is discussed by HRH The Prince of Wales at the Sustainability Food Trust's Event on True Cost Accounting, December 2013 and posted on January 13, 2014.  It

The idea of "making polluters pay" is discussed by HRH The Prince of Wales at the Sustainability Food Trust's Event on True Cost Accounting, December 2013 and posted on January 13, 2014.  It relates to discussions here in the United State around the practice of externalizing costs and risks.  Here is John Fullerton of the Capital Institute addressing the issue of externalization and here is Larry O'Connor of LaTrobe University in Australia on Accounting Reform. 

The panel discussion between elders and youth was around a central conference topic: "What gives us hope and heart to keep working on what is best for our Earth in the face of difficult changes?"

The panel discussion between elders and youth was around a central conference topic: "What gives us hope and heart to keep working on what is best for our Earth in the face of difficult changes?" The evening closed with song, drumming and celebration.
In this excerpt we cover part of the discussion around "hope" opening with Larry Merculieff followed by Barbara Ford and ending with Duane Elgin.

Sustainability Action Media (SAM) at Earth Day Conference 2012 sponsored by the Earth & Spirit Council.Videotaped by Tom Hopkins of SAM and Barry Heidt of SAM.

EarthSayers Duane Elgin; Barbara Ford; Larry Merculieff

Larry O'Connor, lecturer in accounting in the business school of La Trobe University in Australia started out with his inquiry as to how accounting is bringing about changes towards a more

Larry O'Connor, lecturer in accounting in the business school of La Trobe University in Australia started out with his inquiry as to how accounting is bringing about changes towards a more sustainable economy and has come to the conclusion that it isn't. The driver remains idealogy of the free market is set within a certain value set and has been misrepresented as an "agenda of reform," but is really deforming, putting economics at the center spot, making the economic value at the center of all things to include turning Universities into profit centers. As a result, accounting is being used to entrench the status quo rather than to benefit sustainability. 

This video was produced by Ruth Ann Barrett, producer, EarthSayers.tv as part of her participation in Portland State University's Social Sustainability Network. The video was made in June, 2010.

Excerpt of an interview with Larry Merculieff (Aleut) from the Native Perspectives on Sustainability project (