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Since permaculture focuses on the connections between things more than the parts, the design of resilient economies relies on each contributor to build a strong network.
Many small businesses and contributors are valued over a few larger corporations. Decentralization of money flow allows money exchange a chance to slow, spread, and infiltrate into the local community. Strong economies are built from empowered individuals who supply needs of the local community, while meeting many of their own needs in the same community. Local business alliances and alternative currencies are sometimes used to facilitate this web weaving.
Ethical investments are those financial investments which are chosen with regard to ethics as well as financial return.
Ethical considerations can be:
Tradeable energy quotas are schemes by which governments give individual carbon allowances to companies, individuals or institutions. These credits are then given in when buying fuel or electricity.