Category: Envisioning the sustainable future
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If the economy were a patient – medicine for trade imbalances
When doctors gather around a patient the goal is clear: they know that they need to cooperate to apply the best medicine and interventions to get the patient on the road to recovery. So too, when economists, politicians and civil servants gather to consider what to do to put the economy on the right path.…
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If the economy were like one household
We could see the national economy as one household. In this household everyone gets fed, and the money coming in covers the bills. Simple. But not really. Following the first great financial crisis of this millennium, many nations are struggling with high unemployment, soaring budget deficits and crippling debt servicing costs. The temptation arises to introduce…
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The innovation workshops
I thought I’d take you through the workshop we did in Copenhagen. It was dialogue about sustainably securing food and water for the whole world I’ll post the invitation then the write up, Hope it is of interest! THE INNOVATION WORKSHOPSBACKGROUNDCorporations are anxious to be involved in improving people’s lives directly. After all, many would…
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Sustainable development to feed the planet
I enclose my presentation from the Water and Food Award day on the 25th November 2010 (with soundtrack) explaining the Award’d sustainability approach. The Sustainability Challenge View more webinars from Stephen Hinton.
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If the national economy were run as a football game…
The modern economy has undoubtedly given millions better lives. However, despite years of experience and development of macroeconomic theory, despite decades of Nobel prizes in Economics, there still doesn’t appear to be a way to run an economy without putting severe hardship on a large percentage of the population. And this state of affairs is…
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Eco-villages are your best investment
Despite the widely held faith in the efficiency of free markets, the industrial capitalist model has arguably failed to deliver. Specifically, it fails to provide lasting economic security, food and shelter to large percentages of the world population. Furthermore, despite being blessed with the easy availability of massive amounts of fossil fuel, many countries are…
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Interview with Connecting Stockholm
Last week I had the privilege of meeting the architects from Connecting Stockholm, the exhibition at the Museum of Architecture. We discussed Transition and the design of cities.
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New newsletter from the future: the carbon negative community center
• The community center. This newsletter visits a building where everything happens – from rain water collection to biochar and sequestration.
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Join the Imagestreaming Workshops in Stockholm
The evenings of Thursday 2 and 9 September, Open World Café , Stockholm hosts an exclusive Imagestreaming training with Stephen Hinton. (The book Inventing for the Sustainable Planet was written using Imagestreaming) The workshop is designed to give you the latest ” behind the eyes” techniques to access your hidden creativity to apply to problem…
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How to run a financial permaculture session
This is a method for using the cafe method with financial permaculture. It can be used to plan a start up sustainable community or to develop a more resilient local business. It has one major element: The object worksheet For the first use, start by asking participants, in an open space setting, to identify which…