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Food and sustainability discussion going mainstream?
Boing Boing picked up on an article in TIME magazine about food and sustainability. The article essentially retells Michal Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma story about the hidden costs for workers, health,...
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Efficiency is good, conservation is better
In the article Why alternative energy sources such as biofuels, solar, and nuclear are not the magic ticket, Michael Grunwald from Time Magazine challenges the notion that if we invest enough in...
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Change the paradigm
A couple of days ago I went to a seminar by Leonardo Boff, a leading figure in the liberation theology movement and recipient of the Alternative Nobel “Right Livelihood Award” in 2001. He now thinks...
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Sign the Charter for Compassion
Great initiative to combat violence in whatever form (verbal, physical, emotional) it may appear, and a reminder that change starts with ourselves: The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all...
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Way out of Climate Change? Us
Monbiot just published his take on the outcome of the Copenhagen Summit, comparing this and future climate negotiations to the orchestra on the Titanic. As the reason for failure of the summit, he...
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We are not alone in the world: Lessons from traveling through Brazil
It is incredibly hard to get back to blogging after all this time, but for much of the time I did not update this blog, I have had a great excuse: I was traveling through the Northeast of Brazil and...
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How to avoid “designed for the dump”
I wonder how we can get a repair and upgrade economy instead of the current designed for the dump. Filed under: lifestyle, sustainability
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New work life: performance trumps presence
This report and podcast talks about how performance is becoming more important than presence in our more and more globalized world. It is however mainly looking at the risks and possible problems of...
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Think for yourself and be yourself
Nine Dangerous Things You Were Taught In School – Forbes bookmarked on diigo Filed under: bookmark, education, leadership, lifestyle
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Less stuff, more happiness?
Living with Less. A Lot Less (New York Times) Slave to stuff… who isn’t? Filed under: lifestyle, Uncategorized
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No excuses: We can all be creators
Your Starring Role as Entrepreneur in the Creation Economy | LinkedIn …this is one of the most transformational aspects of technology. It’s a platform for personal expression and even...
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Stay-home Dads: a “new” trend?
Slowly but surely, it seems, a cultural shift is taking place in Germany. For decades, a family photo on the office desk was the full extent of a man’s expression of family friendliness in the work...
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We can change our DNA?
Genetics research suggests we have much more influence over our fate than we thought: The new model, however, portrays a more fluid, dynamic genome that responds quickly, even instantly, to all that we...
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Walking is one of the best things for our climate
The post How much energy does living in a walkable neighborhood actually save? summarizes a TED Talk by Jeff Speck. Filed under: Climate Change, lifestyle
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What is simple living for you?
A simple life has a different meaning and a different value for every person. For me, it means eliminating all but the essential, eschewing chaos for peace, and spending your time doing what’s...
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Why not do the big, hard things to change the world?
So screw the little things. Here are 10 big, difficult, world-changing concepts we can get behind: These hard things have to do with: Nuclear weapons, diet, women, poverty, transparency, green cities...
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Nature and tech: Does that go together?
The book Technobiophilia: Nature and Cyberspace questions the either or approach we tend to have towards cyber-technology and nature. Do we have to live without technology to live a healthy and...
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Beginning of the end of the Car?
A new study by the World Bank, Transport For Health: The global burden of disease from motorized road transport (PDF Here) looks at the human cost of our love for the car and it is beyond shocking. 1.5...
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Learn to increase your awareness
Want to live more consciously? Wonder what that even means? Here are 4 posts by Deepak Chopra that talk about “skills in consciousness.” [Skills in consciousness] are skills that anyone can learn – and...
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