Last month I, along with millions of other people around the world, celebrated Easter. For myself, a religious observance, for others a celebration of seasonal renewal. I think for most people, Easter is a time that elicits reflection on what matters most in the world. The state of the global economy is rarely at the top of anyone’s list.

In an interview on Quality Digest LIVE! Andrew McKeon, director of operations for Markit Environmental Registry said “The global economy is a subsystem of the Earth and the biosphere... Not the other way around.” So, if the global economy is not the end-all-be-all, then what is? In a nutshell, these three areas trump the global economy every which way to, well, Easter Sunday:

• Natural resources

1. Energy
2. Land/Food
3. Water
4. Materials

• Environment

1. Clean air/water/land
2. Plentiful habitat for all creatures

• Human resources

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