It isn’t enough to repair the damage our progress has brought. The unintended consequences of our efforts to improve quality of life for humans has repercussions and requires action. Yes, and. It is also not enough to manage our risks and be more shock-resistant. Now is not only the time to course correct and be moreSigue leyendo «Resilience is not enough»
Archivo de etiqueta: conservación
P2P production and the coming of the commons
By Hilary Wainwright : Rethinking Michel Bauwens work. Illustration: Andrzej Krauze ‘At a certain stage of development, the material productive forces of society come into conflict with the existing relations of production or – this merely expresses the same thing in legal terms – with the property relations within the framework of which they have operated hitherto.Sigue leyendo «P2P production and the coming of the commons»
Oil price peaking up
Long time without talking about the oil price, but as we all know, when a resource is scarce, its price will keep going up. This is what happens with oil. Reaching again the USD100 barrier in the Brent market, and almost USD110 in the Chinese market.
The end of an era
Authored by Dr. Tim Morgan, Tullet Prebon, The economy as we know it is facing a lethal confluence of four critical factors – the fall-out from the biggest debt bubble in history; a disastrous experiment with globalisation; the massaging of data to the point where economic trends are obscured; and, most important of all, the approach ofSigue leyendo «The end of an era»
Dolphins slaughter – The cove
Climate change evidence
Chasing Ice
Ecovillages
Robert Gilman set out a definition of an ecovillage that was to become a standard: «human-scale full-featured settlement in which human activities are harmlessly integrated into the natural world in a way that is supportive of healthy human development, and can be successfully continued into the indefinite future.» You can find a couple of directoriesSigue leyendo «Ecovillages»
Let's make better decissions for the oceans
Help me please!
Sharing communities
This is not the first time I talk about collaborative consumption and I am sure it will not be the last. This movement is growing as the same pace as the sharing phylosophy; the most we can use anything we own, the best for the planet and a highest return for our investment. Economies of scaleSigue leyendo «Sharing communities»
Foodscaping-Waterscaping-Solarscaping
If you had a land wouldn’t you want it to be in production rather than being a cost? We have got use to look at our gardens as something to show and pay for. We pay taxes over them, we pay to water them, we pay for their maintenance and all that is paid backSigue leyendo «Foodscaping-Waterscaping-Solarscaping»
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