Category: Envisioning the sustainable future
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The town without cars
It comes up in the book “Inventing for the Sustainable Planet” – modern town without cars. But do they exist? Do they function well? Of course they do. The Archipelago outside Stockholm, Sweden boasts the car-less town of Söderhamn. Its a great place to visit in the summer, full of life and a great day…
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New version of Sustainable Development model released
sustainable development model View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: strategy model)
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I like 350
The 350 group has taken it upon themselves to explain that Carbon Dioxide levels must go down to 387 part per million to minimise the risk of self-reinforced global warming and the Earth reaching a tipping point.Here at Sustainable Planet we welcome such marketing initiatives. That kind of communication is a great innovative way for…
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Money counts? Really? Does it count anything useful?
Max’s approach in the book INVENTING FOR THE SUSTAINABLE PLANET, using money as a counting system, is praiseworthy. We have very few other methods of keeping stock and control of what is happening in the world. During the US depression I believe they counted box cars until the GNP method was developed. A sustainability index…
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Wrong thinking on water
The idea of technical nutrients recycling through the technosphere (see my blog on Planet thoughts) brings me to think of the latest talk going on about water. There is a lot of ranting about for example Britain importing water via clothes and food (the water being “used” in the manufacturing process in other countries). This…
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Holiday in UK shows Peak Oil decline is well on its way
Holidaying in Britain, the country of my birth from which I emigrated nearly 30 years ago, thoughts of sustainable planet were giving way to visits to the pub, fish and chips and long walks in the countryside. Not for long. Wherever I look I see Britain is about to enter a period of deep crisis…
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The Book of the blog is available NOW
Friends! It started in 1996 with me starting to envision what a sustainable world might look like. I have so many hours of recordings and inventions still not published, but the main insights are now in book form, to download as .pdf or to order as printed copy.The whole book is a novel, rather like…
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We are getting closer to the poverty line
How far is the current oil price stimulated price hikes eroding life quality? It’s going fast.And it will probably get a lot worse as people take the easiest way out, like buying cheap cars. Just chatting on Second Life yesterday an acquaintance from the US said that she is already eating canned and frozen food…
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WORKERS OF THE WORLD RELAX
Wonderful film following the theme of my book INVENTING FOR THE SUSTAINABLE PLANET how work should be eased off!CLICK HERE.