Limit Resource Use and Waste Production:
Why? To achieve a steady state economy resource use and waste production must be stabilised and brought within ecological limits. Renewable resources such as fisheries and forests should be harvested no faster than they can be regenerated.
Non-renewable resources such as fossil fuels should be used no faster than their waste products (e.g. CO2) can be absorbed.
How? Caps should be set on the use of specific resources based on the best scientific evidence available about ecological limits. These caps should be set from the top down starting at the global level and filtering through international regions nations and local communities. The power to manage resources within the caps should reside at the local level however with individuals and grassroots organisations.