Wealth in the 21st Century: An Economy indexed on Nature | Martin Stuchtey | TEDxBerlinSalon

Professor Martin R. Stuchtey is a serial entrepreneur. He recently founded a NatureFinTech that is the synthesis of 30 years of work: As a geologist, top management consultant, founder, investor, book author, organic farmer and academic. It addresses the root cause of the ecological and social downward spiral in which societies are caught: A model of wealth creation indexed to the extraction of natural resources. As an alternative, he introduces "Nature Equity", an innovative asset class delivered by modern nature and financial technology. It embodies a thriving nature and integrates it seamlessly into our economy, aligning social equity and ecological prosperity. He anticipates a future where wealth is indexed to nature, marking an "Enlightenment_2.0" moment. Martin Stuchtey is a former McKinsey consultant and Managing Partner, as well as the founder of the environmental consultancy SYSTEMIQ. As professor of resource strategy and management in Innsbruck, and as avid alpinist and farmer, his expertise and enthusiasm regarding finding innovative solutions for current environmental problems are fundamental for his current business endeavour: the Nature Fintech company The Landbanking Group. Martin is also known from a broad portfolio of publications, including the book ‚A Good Disruotion‘, as well as articles in The Banker, Barron’s and several others. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@carlajaffe]

The idea of redefining wealth to include nature is really intriguing. It makes so much sense to value what actually sustains us.

[@martinstuchtey5143]

Exactly, the economy was born in a world where nature seemed unfathomable. So, it's not aymore. And so, we must change the way we run economies.

[@martinstuchtey5143]

Agreed, sometimes the evident answer is the right one.

[@theresarives]

I love the personal touch with the story about your grandfather. It really highlights how wealth can be so personal and unique.

[@martinstuchtey5143]

We are all the result of what others have planted in us.

[@thirstyduck]

This talk makes some great examples of how interconnected everything is - our economy, the environment and our well-being are so much more closely linked than we think

[@martinstuchtey5143]

Thank you. The number of examples where investing into nature is attractive will - frankly - skyrocket.

[@SquareBySquare]

Brilliant , terrifying and sometimes amusing talk from someone with such a wealth of experience. Great to see solutions in nature / fintech!!

[@miatta6299]

Pretty spot on what he says about how we're plundering nature and never reinvesting in it. Definitely needs to change.

[@archiefast]

The point about our current financial system needing to grow exponentially is spot on. It's unsustainable and needs to change.

[@martinstuchtey5143]

Matching exponential expecatations to a linear system is just not a very good idea. So let's change it.

[@FundYourMother]

What a fantastic talk! Imagine a world in which public pension funds were mandated to invest a min of X% of their assets in local nature equity for the preservation of nature for the future for which pension savers are saving.

[@martinstuchtey5143]

We have USD 140tr under management. If 0.5% of the retrun went to fund nature,, we could fill the USD 700bn nature funding gap. That easy.

[@tiphaineauguet]

Interesting comparison of historical conceptions of wealth. It really shows how subjective and culturally dependent the idea of wealth is.

[@martinstuchtey5143]

My favorite: Inaam "Enough to share".

[@taylorpjansen]

This is an amazing visions for the future, and something I sincerely hope gains traction!

[@martinstuchtey5143]

Let go beyond hoping. Let's work for it.

[@cameoserdert6719]

The idea that we're living through a state shift in geology and climate is both scary and motivating. We need to act fast.

[@martinstuchtey5143]

We are all stuck with our own narrow horizon and human experience. let's zoom out.

[@luizantoniomachado]

I had no idea we were losing species at a rate faster than some mass extinctions. That's a huge wake-up call.

[@chezravvy]

What he says around the 10:00 mark really drives home why a capitalist society is unsustainable, constant growth just isn't possible forever

[@martinstuchtey5143]

Improvement, personal advancement, a braoder perspective are always possible. Let's call them growth.

[@evie-c]

It's frustrating that the financial incentives are still set up to reward degradation rather than preservation of nature.

[@martinstuchtey5143]

Financial incentive are - unlike gravity - a human invention. We can change them any day.

[@bryanestelle]

Ahh man "consciously erasing the hard drive of life" is grim af... I guess it's a realistic way to phrase what's happening in terms of extinction but man is it a brutaI turn of phrase

[@martinstuchtey5143]

Interesting, not? We pretend to live in the information economy. And we are shredding penta-bytes and billions of years of life's information every day.

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