Category: Envisioning the sustainable future

I’ve been pondering about this a lot lately because I started riding the bus to work. However, the nearest bus stops are a 25 minute walk from my house. Especially in the early mornings and late evenings when there are very few cars on the road, the miles of pavement certainly seem to be a…

Got into discussion with several people about cities. I was saying according to my calculations (I freely admit I’m no expert) that you could build cities to house one million people in such a way that you need no roads, that population density is less than that of the London suburb Ealing, and that all…

Listen to Tom Peters. He is urging every one to Re-Imagine. In times like these when uncertainty rises and (my words) the challenge of sustainability creeps ever higher up the priority list you need to respond appropriately. Not doing many small changes to many small things. Not any more. Re-imagine your company: the way you…

These e-briefings are for people who are interested in a simple run-down on sustainability. We cover a wide area from how serious it is, to what it means to organizations though to ways of handling the challenges. We are going to give it to you straight as we see it, and try and point you…

Porena follow up notes: Connection to Maslow and the Five Stresses Regular readers will remember that in the Sustainable Society of PORENA, a lot of work was done to understand what they called the five stresses. These were in the areas of 1) Nutrition 2) Shelter, including clothing 3) Mechanical stress, including safety aspects 4)…

New IFTSP training now available Until now, the techniques of Inventing for the Sustainable Planet have been used by only a few. We decided to create a course around the techniques. The first pilot, held at United Spaces Offices in Stockholm, proved very successful. With the space of two hours we had got everyone Image…

We don’t want to scare anyone or come with doomsday prophesies. But ask yourself: is the society we are living in today capable of continuing on the path it is going for the next one, two, five, seven generations? In the words of the Bruntland committee ”Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of…

People generally agree that for the developed world to wholeheartedly face up to the challenge of climate change we need across the board collaboration.Collaboration cafés show that it is actually, given the right structure to proceedings, easy, effective and enjoyable. Collaboration cafés are definitely one of the best inventions for a sustainable planet. Check in…

The 28th of September the Natural History Museum in Stockholm, Sweden opened its climate exhibition to the public. The day before, researchers, corporate representatives, politicians and Non-Government Agencies gathered to spend the day focusing on how best to meet the challenge of climate change. The researchers are in agreement: man-made emissions are seriously affecting climate,…

I got the following question from a reader: I’m curious to know how much or little editing you do. How close is what you have transcribed to what you recorded yourself saying? Your web posts seem very polished and I wondered if it just comes out that way on the tape. Reply: The amount of…