Month: June 2010
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NOW! daily newspaper on sustainability from Twitter feeds
Just an experiment. What do YOU think?
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Swedish right-wing newspaper criticises Gross National Product (GNP) forecasting
Yesterday, the Swedish National Institute of Economic Research issued a forecast of growth of 3.7% to 2012. In a manner rather atypical for the newspaper, SVD today slams into the Institute with an article heavily criticising them for measuring the wrong things. “They measure the trees but forget to assess the woods” says reporter Jacob…
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Transition Conference, DAY THREE
Transition Conference Day Three Day three was rather diminished as I had to get to London to catch the last flight back to Sweden the same day. I did manage however to attend the Web meeting with Ed Mitchell. (Listen to an interview with Ed, he explains it better) What Transition are doing is truly…
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We are in dire need of a paradigm shift to bring us into sustainability
We are in dire need of a paradigm shift. One that brings us into sustainability. Before I explain what this shift could entail I need to spend a short time talking about paradigms. The word first entered more general use in 1962, when Thomas Kuhn released the book The Structure of the Scientific Revolution. For…
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Day two of the Transition conference: crowd-shaping the future!
It’s nine o’clock in the morning at the Transition Conference and time for Pattern Language. This is what I came here for. The new Transition Handbook will be based around pattern language, and as a member of the steering group in Sweden I feel it is imperative I get a handle on it. Although I…
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Quick report from Transition Conference in Devon
The end of the oil age is nigh, and politicians are working on their austerity measures and speeches about crisis. Everyone seems to have a good idea about how things should be done, but the illusion that it is working is fading as oil leaks decimate three US states, politicians are caught with their fingers…
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Are we nearing the end of the Oil Age? In your lifetime?
The moment we started tapping the vast reservoirs of oil that the Earth is endowed with, we started coming closer to the end of the oil age. I am sure the question was raised: how many generations away would the end be? We who are alive today in the early 2000s can also ask ourselves…
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The Units of Trust scheme investing in local, sustainable enterprises
Units of trust are simple investment devices based on preferential debentures. Put simply, you invest money in a company you purchase from regularly. You do not get back money primarily from the company, but you get what money can buy – goods, services, or use of physical assets. When you wish, you can get the…