Category: Envisioning the sustainable future
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Grey water recycling imagestream
I have seen several experiments carried out where vegetable beds clean grey water. I was curious to see if I could imagestream a good way of doing this so I could experiment myself on the Eco-unit. <more links> I felt I needed clues as to how I could move forward. I tried to frame my…
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Let EARTHSHIPS inspire you!
Self-sufficient, off-the-grid housing. An earthship is a building that not only provides shelter, but produces heating, electricity and drinking water, cleans waste water and provides food as well! The brainchild of architect and innovator, Michael Reynolds, these buildings have been appearing for more than three decades, many from recycled material. While others see “waste”, Michael…
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How Flexible Emissions Fees Can Drive Sustainable Development
ONE APPROACH TO CLEAN-TECH: TAKE EXISTING TECHNOLOGY AND ADD LAYERS OF CONTROL AND CLEANING Volvo engineer Anders Höglund managed to make a diesel engine burn clean by adding sophisticated control technology, thanks to advanced sensors and electronics. To make it even cleaner he added a catalyst converter to the exhaust. The story of the clean…
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Me to climate deniers: we need to talk, like, now.
I have been following the debate from the climate denier side for a few weeks, mostly in fascination of how you can, in contrast to being a sceptic, go ahead and categorically deny the possibility that emissions into the atmosphere could create a climate system collapse. So I figured that to be a denier you…
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UNITS OF TRUST
As populations grow, and less and less oil is being found, the fossil fuel-dependent global supply chains and the banking system that supports them are becoming less functional. Relocalizing production and sales of daily needs reduces fuel dependence, waste, and increases local employment and community resilience. However, today’s financial system is more geared to large…
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Complementary voluntary currency launches
We have just set up a test-bed for our latest currency experiment. COGS stands for Circle of Gifts, and is a complementary currency specifically designed to help local communities re-localise activities. The aim of re-localisation is to provide inhabitants with the possibility of an acceptable quality of life to inhabitants when traditional economic development fails,…
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We really do have simple choices to make
We find ourselves in the aftermath of a giant financial meltdown. Yet few really understand the seriousness of the situation. Faced with the choice of either (a) reforming the economic system and ripping from the hands of the banking system its iron control of societies world wide, or (b) trying to patch the system up.…
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Quote: enjoying this beautiful life is about who we are
There are people who like to point out all the problems, and in a way, I’m glad they do. But I think there should be some people who point out the good, the beautiful, because this life, despite all the problems, is beautiful. And sometimes, caught up in our troubles, our turmoil, our ideas, our…
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Hey! I’m on Holiday!
I’m taking a break from blogging and enjoying the new ECO-UNIT we are setting up just outside Flen, one hour by train from Stockholm. Read more about this exciting new development of eco-villages here. Or see the pictures from our Swedish site. See you again in August and keep those comments and e-mails coming!