Author: steve
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Flexible emission fees set new direction towards sustainable development
A recent report from The Nordic Council of Ministers ( title: Flexible emission fees An incentive for driving sustainable production and consumption) is optimistic that growth and environmental goals can be reconciled. If the conclusions of the report can be implemented, it could set a new direction towards sustainable development. The starting point for the…
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Transition in Sweden supported by Environmental Minister
The spread of Transition Towns in Sweden got a big push forward recently from the Swedish Minister for the Environment, Lena Ek. Speaking at a meeting with Hela Sverige Skall Leva, the Swedish folk movement that hosts Transition in Sweden, she said: (Our translation from Swedish) “It was so great to get back to Stockholm…
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We need Capitalism 3:0 for the planet that has reached its limits to growth
Recent research supports the conclusions of a controversial environmental study released 40 years ago: The world is on track for disaster. So says Australian physicist Graham Turner, who revisited perhaps the most groundbreaking academic work of the 1970s,The Limits to Growth. Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Looking-Back-on-the-Limits-of-Growth.html#ixzz1rH98mI3h
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Calling the circle training
No matter if you work with neighbors, in a cooperative, in a Transition Initiative or among volunteers, good relations and social cohesion are critical not only just to success, but maintaining good feelings and energy in the community. We’ve taken the best of what is available and put together an introductory training that prepares you…
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At Last! Dirt the movie…
Anyone intereted in understanding the complexities of sustainable world food and water situation should watch this film. It carefull goes over the importance of theat which we give a negative namen to – dirt that may well be the most important piece of technology we have available to us! Follow this link here for a fuller explanation
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Accounting for a crowded but sustainable planet
We need to change the way we account for things as we hit the resource wall. We cannot continue to regard, from an accounting point of view, resources as infinate. Her’s an attempt to form a sustainable approach: In my last post I argued that: Technology is a collection of inventions and capabilities to solve…
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A philosophical exploration of what “sustainable” and “technology” are
What we call technology is actually a narrow practice including mechanics, electronics and computer science. This confusion is hampering human development, especially when the expectation is on not developing financial and social technology but demanding mechanical solutions when simple agreements could suffice. Modern technology is failing, we are not addressing the challenges in front of…
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The answer is the circle. The question is going to get thrown at you any time soon.
In the conference room, standing barefoot in a circle, holding hands together we wait for Medicine Story to speak: “In the old ways, the tribe does everything in a circle.” “The circle is what keeps us together, and in keeping together we survive.”
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Driving transition with local businesses
This is a subject I have thought a lot about. Would it be possible to completely side-step the toxic, debt/credit-based system we are living in and just invest the money we have in local, sustainable and resilient businesses? Well, we could give it a go. It is all to do with bonds. A bond is a simple certificate that for…
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The sticky problem of trade deficits
But what about the balance of trade? By Anders Höglund with Stephen Hinton Trade imbalances which persist for long periods of time tend to warp the infrastructure of the economy and create imbalances which will harm the economy in the long run. Sooner or later these structural imbalances will have to be remedied at a…