Sufficient Liberal Stories–The Krugman Function Part 4
The introduction just of oil supply and carbon emissions into the liberal field of view pretty much undoes the main story told by mainstream Democrats today.
Society
ShareHub: at the Heart of Seoul’s Sharing Movement
Supported by the municipal government and embedded in numerous parts of everyday life in Seoul, the Sharing City project has proven to be an inspiration to city leaders, entrepreneurs, and sharing enthusiasts around the world.
Resilience Roundup – Oct 31
A roundup of the news, views and ideas from the main stream press and the blogosphere.
Why Resilience?
While there are many definitions of resilience, it can generally be defined as the capacity for a system to survive, adapt, and flourish in the face of turbulent change and uncertainty.
Spokes on the anti-austerity wheel: moving beyond reform
If we want to envision an anti-austerity movement that can genuinely empower people, we will have to create one that moves beyond austerity altogether.
Could do better: why we must set young minds free
It is time all young people knew this: the work of our time is the work of reconnection, regeneration, restoration and reconciliation.
The Infinite Toddler Regress–The Krugman Function Part 3
In this installment I’m going to talk about Paul Krugman’s resistance to whole-system thinking, and I’m going to do it by way of a comparison to a very different intellectual dispensation…
Piercing the technology bubble
This weekend, October 25 and 26, I will be joining leading critics, from the United States and abroad, of corporate-controlled technologies, who are also proponents of appropriate technologies for the people (Vandana Shiva, Anuradha Mittal, Helen Caldicott, Wes Jackson, Bill McKibben), convening at the historic Cooper Union Great Hall on "Techno-Utopianism and the Fate of the Earth."
Resilience Roundup – Oct 24
A roundup of the news, views and ideas from the main stream press and the blogosphere.
Achieving Sustainable Societies: Lessons from Modelling the Ancient Maya
The ancient Maya provide an example of a complex social-ecological system which developed impressively before facing catastrophic reorganization.
Living and Breathing in a ‘Black Swan’ World
Resilience…is the capacity to make ongoing adjustments to changing political, economic, and ecological conditions.
A Pink Slip for the Progress Fairy
…I’m going to spend this week’s post summarizing the the decline and fall of industrial civilization.
