Author: steve
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Emission fees simulations
Increasing emissions from industrial activity threaten climate stability and to upset eco-systems to a degree that not only puts continued industrial activity at risk, but also the very conditions for a reasonable life for citizens in both the industrialized and industrializing worlds. These emissions are seen by many as a failure of market forces, which…
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New course in sustainable living 27 – 30 Sep.
People seek a sense of connectedness to nature. Many want to live in a way that is light on the earth and does not require huge amounts of debt and energy to function. They want to invest in a way of life that they can believe in, economically and morally. Since the 1980’s, systems ecologist…
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Sweden’s plans for energy intensity transition look shaky
I promised in my last blog in the series capitalism: a hobby to delve into the status of Sweden using my ideas of capital value. Before I do that, however I need to give readers an idea of the over-riding plans that Sweden has for energy intensity reduction. We saw from previous analyses that oil…
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Economic growth in the sustainable community: can we or can’t we?
In this next foray into capitalism I want to explore the question of growth. Note that I still have not defined what capitalism is. Instead, I have taken the idea of capital and explored how the concept of capital works together with sustainability and resilience. This time I want to consider economic growth.We hear different…
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The secret to turning capital into something sustainable and useful
This is interesting. I started out to make capitalism my hobby and have got stuck posting about what capital is. My revelation from the last post was if you add up all the debt in the world, and then you add up all the money people possess in the world you get – zero. This is…
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If Mother Nature does most of the work, why is she not paid?
Still on the subject of a sustainability-interested layman’s hobby of delving into Capitalism, and before I define Capitalism, I would like to stay on the subject of what Capital is, or rather not what it is worth but how it is used. DEFINING NATURAL CAPITAL Natural Capital is easy to define in terms of ecological…
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How can the world owe more than the total value of its assets?
Last time I went through the different types of capital and the two types of financial capital: own capital, called equity, for example the money put in by owners as shares, and foreign capital, money the organization has borrowed. Before I get any further on my understanding of Capitalism, I need to take one more…
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Capitalism is tricky to pin down so let’s start by defining capital.
For my new series; capitalism: a hobby I have been looking into collecting a definition of capitalism we can all agree on as a starting point to have an interesting conversation around it. It’s not easy. And WHY it’s not easy will be the subject I am sure for later blogs in the series. Suffice to say…
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Why am I making a hobby out of capitalism?
Well I am not going to be paid, that is for sure, there are so many experts out there that get down to the fine nitty gritty. Look. I like theoretical stuff. When I worked for a large corporation I enjoyed working with the corporate management system, multi-project management methodology, aligning mission, strategy, goals and activities,…
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My new hobby: capitalism
Well, now I have turned sixty I thought I should get a hobby. Looking around for something intellectually stimulating to work with, fun, something to have an argument about and possibly something useful – either to make me money or preferably help bring the world more sustainable. Capitalism: I chose capitalism. I mean, a lot of people praise it…