The February 13th. Program Summary.......

Marco's debut as a Rotary Program Speaker bore witness to his credentials.  He challenged the traditional lens of investment analysis focus on Return on Investment, Liquidity and Risk from a strictly short term financial basis.  He incorporated the new economics of Carbon Credits from a long term environmental impact argument.  Citing International agreement on a maximum of 2 degrees average Celsius increase in Global temperature limit to sustain life, Marco's theory ties this temperature metric to a maximum of 560 Gigatons of carbon generated from fossil fuel consumption.  Marco asserts that major pertoleum companies assets are highly overvalued based on the difference between the environment's ability to absorb inventoried reserves without irreversible atmospheric-environmental degradation.  What is the alternative future for sustainable investing?

Begin by accounting for the environmental costs of productivity:  See the trees in the forest as more than lumber. Account for the oxygen they replenish, the soil they recondition through their relationship with subterranean rhizomes. Restore "local-vesting", the more visible & transparent relationship between investors and investments.  Counter the anonymity which too many public relation campaigns create between dollars and sense of economic effects.

Marco's discussion of the financial system, the investment imperative and the options available for re-localizing our investments can be further studied on his website: www.slowmoney.org