Green national product

Many economists, environmentalists, and citizens have recently criticized the Gross National Product. The criticism stems from the fact that this measurement of national product does not account for environmental depredation and resource depletion. A new approach to the situation of allocating these omitted environmental features in the national product has been the advent of the Green National Product.

Many people are calling for a Green National Product that would indicate if activities benefit or harm the economy and well-being. This Green National Product would revolve around the social and economic issues on which many green movements have focused: care for the earth and all that sustain it. This new national product would differ from the traditional GNP by addressing both the sustainability and well-being of the planet and its inhabitants. It is essential that this system takes into account national capital, which is currently hidden from our traditional measurement.