Monday, July 27, 2009
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Well-being
"politics of contentment" in Denmark
Happy planet index and Quality of Life Research
How happy are you?
Happy planet index and Quality of Life Research
How happy are you?
Friday, July 24, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Sustainability by Design
John R. Ehrenfeld
"I define sustainability as the possibility that human and other life will flourish on the planet forever. It’s a definition about as far from the central notion of sustainable development as night is from day. But, to me, it represents a truer idea about what sustainability is all about. Flourishing, like many other desirable qualities, is an emergent property. It has no thing-like character. It’s like health, or liberty, or freedom: It appears only when the whole system is functioning properly. And just like you can’t produce a Rembrandt from a paint-by-numbers kit, you can’t build a machine to produce flourishing, and you can’t measure it."
Lecture at TU Delft
"I define sustainability as the possibility that human and other life will flourish on the planet forever. It’s a definition about as far from the central notion of sustainable development as night is from day. But, to me, it represents a truer idea about what sustainability is all about. Flourishing, like many other desirable qualities, is an emergent property. It has no thing-like character. It’s like health, or liberty, or freedom: It appears only when the whole system is functioning properly. And just like you can’t produce a Rembrandt from a paint-by-numbers kit, you can’t build a machine to produce flourishing, and you can’t measure it."
Lecture at TU Delft
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Preventing Food Colonies
Some of the richest countries are buying up large swatches of land in some of the poorest countries. The wealthy foreigners produce crops abroad for pennies on the dollar and then ship the goods home: Olivier De Schutter.
Natural World - Farm for the future
Natural World - Farm for the future
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
WORLD KNOWLEDGE DIALOGUE
Two main interdisciplinary themes:
1. Collective network knowledge & human individual intelligence:
Convergences and divergences
2. Collaborative Behaviour, Altruism & Conflict:
From animal behaviour to economics and prevention of violence
Monday, July 06, 2009
Resilience - short
Interview with Buzz Holling.
His 1973 paper on the resilience of ecological systems had a substantial impact within ecology and other natural and social sciences. He has also contributed important ideas to ecological management, including Adaptive management and the Adaptive Cycle.
His 1973 paper on the resilience of ecological systems had a substantial impact within ecology and other natural and social sciences. He has also contributed important ideas to ecological management, including Adaptive management and the Adaptive Cycle.
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