My die hard fans will remember my quest to upgrade the Federal government’s “North American Industry Classification System” (NAICS) to add a top-tier category for “Ecosystem Health Care and Assistance” in the system’s upcoming revision.  Doing this would would focus all economic features of our economy on the environment – from reporting my major media to job listing and lending categories.  Simply acknowledging the green sector is one small and low-cost governmental step that can truly transform the economy.

In April 2009, I submitted my formal comment to the process which you can read about in my last post on this subject. I figured that would be the end of it, but a few days ago, I got a call from a researcher from the Bureau of Labor Statistics who was charged with the task of following up and researching the merits of my proposal.  We had a nice talk, she asked me if I could provide additional names that would be able back up my wishes with some hard facts on the scope and scale of the green economy.

I suggested she contact Dr. Robert Costanza, founder of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont, Storm Cunningham, author of The Restoration Economy, and Lester Brown, author of Eco-Economy.  I also pointed her to the EcoSector Bookstore for more experts & authors on the green economy.

If you have the names of any other experts in the macro and practical size and scope of the green economy, please post them here and I’ll make sure the researcher gets the info you provide.

Mark