“Brevity is the soul of wit.“William Shakespeare From the top down: The future looks dire. Soaring unemployment, increasing energy prices and food poverty all seem…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
Author: Barry Cooper
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“Those who propose replacing the top-down with the bottom-up may have a valid case.”Tim Morgan, in his Surplus Energy Economics blog We can’t imagine the…
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is not all it seems. When I was employed by Liverpool City Council in the 1970s, amongst other things, I was…
If you are ‘retired’ or tired and wondering what to do, you could consider listening to Nate Hagens’ conversations in his Great Simplification project. The…
“For being such a seemingly ordinary vehicle, the wheelbarrow has a surprisingly exciting history. This is especially true in the East, where it became a…
For some time, I thought our shrinking economy would eventually save the world. But I have been reluctant to say so for fear of being…
I have just been listening to a podcast by Nate Hagens in his Great Simplification series. In this episode, Nate is joined by Daniel Zetah, who…
Green growth is an alternative to economic growth Most of us believe that the present recession will end. They always have done in the past. In…
I have been uneasy for some time about current long-term green thinking. In Herefordshire and elsewhere. A recent article by Megan Selbert and William Rees.,…
According to Wikipedia: Sociocultural evolution, sociocultural evolutionism or social evolution are theories of sociobiology and cultural evolution that describe how societies and culture change over time. I believe the future will be a process of natural evolution….
For the past five years, I have been writing on Radix about the future: 60 pieces so far. I have also been putting together Orcop.com –…
I have been surprised to find just how much biochar is already known about and used. Never before have I come across something which has…