Author: steve
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Technocrats start to explore the ECO-UNIT idea
The Technocracy network has been thinkng about Eco-units. They have done some good work in sorting our what it is all about. Read the article on their website.
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We really do have simple choices to make
We find ourselves in the aftermath of a giant financial meltdown. Yet few really understand the seriousness of the situation. Faced with the choice of either (a) reforming the economic system and ripping from the hands of the banking system its iron control of societies world wide, or (b) trying to patch the system up.…
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BBC picks up perfect storm warning from top scientist
A perfect storm of shortages is what the BBC calls its series, inspired by the warnings from no other than John Beddington, the UK government’s chief scientific adviser, of a possible crisis in 2030. See his entire speech here. This perfect storm is one where factors combine to present challenges to the world’s population as…
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World hunger hits one billion
A recent report in the BBC, one that I missed during my summer holiday, states that world hunger has reached a level never before experienced in the history of humanity. That one billion, or nearly one sixth of the world are starving should make anyone stop and think, and wonder why, when so many areas…
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Quote: enjoying this beautiful life is about who we are
There are people who like to point out all the problems, and in a way, I’m glad they do. But I think there should be some people who point out the good, the beautiful, because this life, despite all the problems, is beautiful. And sometimes, caught up in our troubles, our turmoil, our ideas, our…
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Self-pick woodland gardening
I can’t remember where I heard about it, but there is this idea that you can grow all you need in a Forest. Agriculture as we know it – huge areas of monoculture using a lot of fossil fuel – could be mostly replaced by people just going into the forest and getting what they…
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Our Swedish Eco-unit: baby steps
In May, 2009, together with five others, I purchased a horse-farm about one and half hour’s drive out of Stockholm, Sweden. The intention is to transform the site into a co-housing combi-farm, or Eco-unit. View pictures of the farm here, and learn more of the background to what an Eco-unit is here. To get started…
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Hey! I’m on Holiday!
I’m taking a break from blogging and enjoying the new ECO-UNIT we are setting up just outside Flen, one hour by train from Stockholm. Read more about this exciting new development of eco-villages here. Or see the pictures from our Swedish site. See you again in August and keep those comments and e-mails coming!
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Sustainable investing – the video
ASSET-BASED FINANCING: supporting sustainable local development. This video shows the possibility of using asset based finance to provide capital for consumers to invest in local, sustainable businesses to drive sustainable development. Read also the white paper “Units of Trust”.WHITEPAPER_Local-economyV1D