Ecological-space taxation measures resource use plus waste absorption.

Evidence

Hayward (2005a), however, offers a critique, and a quite creative expansion, of Pogge’s proposal, and his response illustrates another opening for a consideration of nature in a theory and practice of global distributive justice. Basically, Hayward argues for a tax based on ‘a nation’s per capita utilization of ecological space’ (2005a: 318). The idea here is to determine just how many resources are consumed in production, and how much space is necessary to absorb the waste of such production. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 385

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces ‘ecological space’/‘ecological footprint’ as an expanded distributive metric that also captures pollution externalities.
• XREF: connects to: Ecological-space distribution can serve social and ecological justice at once. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 387; Ecological citizenship implies obligations like taxation owed to a bioregion — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 595; Ecosystem services go unaccounted for in the human economy — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 600 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Individually rational resource use leads to collective ruin when costs are shared #expands (0.75) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1943