Sustainability: 21st Century Natural Philosophy
Sustainability echoes the European Enlightenment period. Today, 21st century Natural Philosophers hold their thinking up against today's orthodoxies.
Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas
Entropic Valuation
Entropic Valuation is a “solar unit in – utilisable energy unit out” approach. It can compare how efficiently sunlight transforms to usable energy.
SWOT on Earth?
What's the state of the planet in 2014? Here's our SWOT on Earth for the new year
The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
The energetics of life show us the way to a seismic change in the capacity and sustainability of our species.
Valuing Natural Capital
Using money to put things on a level playing field makes sense, but only if the things we are comparing are actually comparable - natural capital is not.
Towards 9 Billion in Bubbles
We decided to see how all our Towards 9 Billion posts over the last 18 months looked through a data visualisation. Here are the words we used in bubbles.
Entropic Overhead
Entropy applies without exception to all activities and processes. Is it the meta metric to measure and drive a circular economy?
Entropic Utility – measuring the circular economy
Entropy applies without exception to all activities and processes. Is it the meta metric to measure and drive a circular economy?
Suicide By Planet
Suicide by planet...will our current model of capitalism make us the first species to willfully self destruct?
9 billion reasons for hope…or fear
We will have more than 9 billion people on the planet by 2050 - lets tidy the house for the vistors we have coming.
The limits to existence – aligning economics and thermodynamics
The limits to growth are framed by thermodynamics, not sentiment and custom. We must evolve our systems of value to work within and alongside this reality.
A manifesto for Rejuvenative Technology
We need to drive a flowering of rejuvenative technology - sustainable in its impact and biotic in its nature - increasing the sum total of life on Earth.