eco:nomics
Eco:nomics: from the Greek - management of the home; husbandry of resources. Interesting, that...
The sort of economics we tend to be taught at the moment - what's known as neo-classical - places growth as a central tenet. Anyone who has got to the bottom of a bag of toffees, or seen a plant wilt when they forgot to water it, knows that stuff runs out, and that unlimited growth of anything with limited resources is physically tricky.
well-being beans!
The UK Office of National Statistics are hunting the holy grail...how do we measure our own well-being? Now THOSE are beans worth counting....
positive defiance in the Basque Country
There are some among us who have the chutzpah to do it differently. And so much better....
the wrong beans
What if...we've been counting the wrong beans all this time? Or rather - only counting some, and missing out the most important ones??
what's nature ever done for us
Tony Juniper nails it. Wake up and smell the coffee of what the world does to keep us breathing.
the horns of a dilemma
Tim Jackson's lecture at the School of Law. Busting with positive deviance. Even economists do it. And thank God for that, we say.
a thousand flowers
Small is, clearly, beautiful. Doh.
wrens: small, noisy and very territorial!
"Time to go back to the future where we have control over our own energy. Time to stop faffing about". Indeed! The words of a very wise man!
brave new money worlds
We love this. Great article - food for thought if you haven't mulled over this stuff yet...this is a FABULOUS intro...
heresy? or just blinding common sense?
The G word.
low carbon ladock
Local energy generation expected to add over £2m to Ladock parish over next 20 years
cornwall opens uk solar centre
UK to open solar centre as solar capacity looks set to enter global top 20
electric car sales have go faster stripes...
Electric car sales growth outstrips conventional market in 2012
Are we daft enough to resort to Canute tactics?
World Economic Forum sounds warning on rogue geoengineering...
walking into a resource crunch?
Sleepwalking is an over-rated way of running our businesses....
just capitalism? Really?
That's all I need to never use Google again.
can UN World Travel Organisation incite green change?
How tourism can cut emissions - UNWTO outlines strategies at COP18 Doha climate change conference
it's really, really good to talk...no, REALLY.
I bet you didn't realise how important talking was until you read this. It's a "duh" moment; and we all need them....
bristol pound
launch of the bristol pound
positive deviants are kicking financial *ss
We're waking up and smelling the coffee...with knobs on...
banking on something better
I'm banking on something better.
enough is enough
"evidence of systemic greed"....
environmental growth
Surely not?
y'think??
William Hague tells Ministers to help green industries boost economy
car free travel roll out in the lakes
Lake District targets visitors with £7m green travel scheme
exporting our carbon guilt?
What the eyes don't see the heart don't grieve about....we simply left our emissions somewhere else. That doesn't make them just not count...
winds of change
Winds of change: 66% are in favour of wind power in the UK...
water wars around the corner?
Ed Davey warns of water wars to come
the sweetie jar is nearly empty, guys...
The (old style) party is over. The era of cheap and abundant resources is ending. Are you ready?
budget gets thumbs down on green innovation
Fossil fuels, not green, win out in Osborne's "reforming Budget"
the future is green, George!
a week with coasties
Harold's blog; a week with CoaSTies
the green nudge?
Big brands are nudging their customers to change their choices...or are they?
moving mountains?
Kazak locals hope for green tourism salvation
thinking beyond the gates?
Julia Schonharl writes about tourism and human rights in 2012: Can we ask anybody to think beyond the fences of the holiday resort?
Luxury market to be hit as travellers cut costs
Holidaymakers will feel the pinch in 2012 with luxury holidays most affected according to a Travelvision survey. Is this what you feel is happening?
shale gas a carbon catastrophe
Shale gas will wreck climate targets, says Co-op, Tyndall Centre and FoE
good money: ethical finance
It's one the biggest ways we can make sure we're having a positive impact. Or let a negative one happen in our name. Fortunately, easy to fix. :)
the real deficit
This is the Real Deficit. And it's in no headlines.
a thousand moments of genius
A two minute read; lasting uplift.
just a crayola drawing
I wonder how many other people are thinking just the same...
ethics r us
Well, that's a bit of a stretch. But we like to keep the issue on the table. Right in the middle. Because what's the alternative?
the winds of change
It's just not how it used to be....
no longer BAU
Holiday sales fall to 10-year low
skilled labour
If you're sitting behind a computer right now and feeling smug about being a dab hand with Excel, watch and learn.
cycling - worth billions!
We all knew this. But it's great to be able to prove it.
top 100 social enterprises
CoaST and ReZolve make the RBS top 100 Social Enterprises
sharing the work
Heresy? Generally a good thing to allow a bit of heretical thought..keeps us on our toes. A slap across the face of Complacency. A little unpleasant, but always invigorating.
"stop drifting, start rowing"
A word from the ocean wave. Actually, really proper ocean wave.
cycling to boost tourism industry?
can cycling help to boost the tourism industry?
Time to communicate with our communities?
New poll shows people might not be ringfencing their holiday..so should we be making sure we show them what's affordable, on their doorstep?
the impossible hamster
Yup. This is about a hamster.
social enterprise
This is what we are. A social enterprise; a not for private profit business, trading for people and planet: here to bring benefit to the communities, and the lands, in which we work, and using a business to do that.
steady state
CASSE is the Centre for Advancement of the Steady State Economy.
in accordance with our hopes
This was filmed shortly after the publication of Tim Jackon's Prosperity Without Growth; sounds like he got into some bother, too. Professors can be Positive Deviants too.
keeping the giraffes out
Inspired and elegant articulation by Tim Jackson of the Current Problem We Face.
carbon literacy
It's the new metric, the stuff in our pencils, the fizz in our drinks, what makes us all human and what we breathe out. It's a Good Thing, and has Made Our Lives Great. But we have to treat it right.
