Category: Ideas for sustainability
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Grey water imagestream #2
What follows is the tapescript of an imagestreaming session aimed at furthering my understanding of grey water purification. This is session two. I have chosen to use the technique of imagestreaming rather than just searching the Internet as I find it provides me with deeper insights, and that it offers more innovative solutions. Last time,…
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Free e-book: Get ahead of the curve
I wrote this book, and am giving it away, because I am concerned that we citizens of Earth are heading for a crisis caused by the way we run things. Not just an economic crisis but a humanitarian crisis . This e-book will explain the five major reasons I see why you need to start…
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Local food can restart economic growth
New report says consumers should view local food enterprises as profitable startups that are key to economic growth and recovery.More than a dozen studies have shown that every dollar spent at a locally owned business generates two to four times the income, wealth and jobs than at an equivalent nonlocal business. Read the article from…
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Can this be right? Two simple factors solve emissions riddle?
Doing beta-testing of a business simulation game on pollution fee systems I discovered the answer to getting reductions and maintaining economic stability is easy: you just need two factors in place. I’ve just completed the first step of an assignment for a Swedish Foundation to create a business simulation game that informs people about the…
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Imagestreamed solutions starts to become a reality in London
One of the deepest insights Imagestreaming has given me is that you can often be right without knowing why. Our mental powers combine with the creative side and the intuitive side to produce stunningly simple solutions. Another insight is that you can Imagestream a solution and find it, but not truly understand its significance. I…
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All back issues of the In-time(s) now available to read on-screen
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Updates to Units of Trust with Slow money
One thing I just realised about the UNITS OF TRUST scheme that I have been promoting, and am working on here in Sweden, is that is promotes the idea of slow money. One way of thinking about resilience in the local economy is to consider the Permaculture approach where the idea is to slow down…
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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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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…