Author: steve
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On the same page with Virgin’s co-founder Sir Richard Branson
Writing in the British newspaper, the Telegraph, today, Sir Richard Branson, co-founder of the Virgin Group, says Business as usual is wrecking our planet. Resources are being used up. Air, sea and land are heavily polluted. The poor are getting poorer. Many are dying of starvation, or because they cannot afford life-saving medicine. Nearly half…
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Newsletter from the future: Region achieves local economy
Could we rapidly transition from a global to a local economy? This article explores how it could happen. Click here to read. The idea is for businesses to offer investment instruments as well as products. For a deeper discussion see the white paper.
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Looking back from 2011 to the early 1900’s. What shall we prioritise in 2012?
Maybe you aren’t thinking of 2012 yet, just trying to organize Christmas and New Year. But the end of the year is a good time to take stock. What have we learnt during 2011? What has become clearer? For many of us with a sustainability focus, the urgent need to reverse economic, energy and environmental trends is growing by…
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Sustainable, intentional communities: open world villages
The vision is simple: if everyone lived in intentional, sustainable communities – villages, city/town blocks – then the whole world would be sustainable. Supporting that vision is the Open World Villages networking site, newly launched by the Open World Foundation. Based on the powerful NING platform, the site is bringing together experts in their field…
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Is corporatocracy the way you really want to go?
What is the best way to organise society? That question has been around since we started to be able to talk. In my world I like to add “what is the best way to organise society so it develops resilience and sustainability”. I have pointed to writers like Aldous Huxley who, in his book “Brave…
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Economic reality check with Professor Tim Jackson
The economic system we have is incapable of delivering the transition to a zero or negative carbon system we need, says professor Tim Jackson. The system pulls economic resources through the system. If we not buy the system crashes, but if it continues we are in debt with a degraded environment. This is about people…
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Decoupling of the economy from fossil fuel – myth or reality in Sweden?
Sweden often claims it is demonstrating a miracle: that economic growth can take place decoupled from inputs of fossil fuel. I am not so sure, and have been looking at the figures for myself. In a rather unscientific way I decided to plot trends to see if there was any pattern that showed up. The…
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We need to stop interfering with the Nitrogen Cycle, too.
Many have earlier pointed out how fossil fuel emissions and the handling of the phosphor cycle need to be regulated. For this the Swedish Sustainable Economy Foundation propose a flexible emissions taxes. But are more needed? A new report, cited in the INDEPENDENT calls for changes to how we handle nitrogen. The report by 200…
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Sustainable investment
Sustainable investment is for investors who believe economic growth is close to being curtailed by lack of raw materials, energy shortfalls, restriction on greenhouse gas emissions and the effects of a sustained economic downturn . The challenges that face many business operations will come from: Rising prices or supply shortfalls of fossil fuels in their…
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Sustainable, intentional communities
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