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Population & Consumption

Population & consumption: where’s the problem?

Alongside the challenges to sustainability we already face, there is growing concern about how these might accelerate in the future. One key issue is population growth and its impacts, but should the scale of humanity be seen as a threat or as an opportunity?

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Blog, Provocations, Sustainability Issues, Towards 9 Billion
Resilience-requires-looking-forward

Build a sustainable business – on strategic resilience

VIDEO - Building strategic resilience through sustainable business practice starts with understanding the risks and dependencies of the business within the context of a changing world.

Article by: Dominic Tantram Topic: Blog, Hints and Tips, Practical Guidance, Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Redefining Value, Sustainable Business Strategy, Tools and Solutions

It’s the end of the world…but I don’t care

Ignoring the state of the planet is like ignoring the state of our house...except that when the walls fall down we won't have anywhere else to move to.

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas

Politics and Sustainability: the politics of existence

Associating sustainability with a political viewpoint is an eternally frustrating issue that threatens our chances of achieving a sustainable future, why is it so common?

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Blog, Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Towards 9 Billion
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Bloomin Ada – why is gender diversity trapped in the 19th century?

Ada Lovelace is generally credited as being the first computer programmer. 173 years later, how have things changed for women in STEM careers?

Article by: Dominic Tantram Topic: Blog, Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Sustainability Issues
Towards 9 Billion Book Series

Towards 9 Billion Sustainability Books – Out now!

Our free Towards 9 Billion books series. Big hopeful, playful ideas for a sustainable, equitable future.

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Blog, Innovation, Natural Capital, Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Redefining Value, Towards 9 Billion

Reinventing the Weal – Exploring the Commons (Part 2)

Preserving and enhancing Global Commons will require changes to systems of law, economics and ownership - an overview of existing and new ideas.

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Natural Capital, Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Redefining Value, Towards 9 Billion

Sustainability Questions

Unless we ask the big questions, we won't find the answers which meet the scale of the challenge we face.

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Towards 9 Billion
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Against a dark background – the limits of certainty

A sustainable future depends upon our ability to perceive the limits of certainty, and to embrace the uncertainty that has always been there.

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Blog, Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Redefining Value, Sustainable Change, Sustainable Transformation
Social impact - social sparrows

Social Utility – The Fundamental Metric of Social Impact

Defining and delivering true social utility requires a fundamental perspective and approach to assessing the purpose of enterprise in the first place.

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Blog, Innovation & Transformation, Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Redefining Value, Sustainable Business Strategy, Sustainable Transformation, Towards 9 Billion
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Traffic Jams – the manifest will of the people?

The mass effect of individual actions can produce an outcome at odds with the original intent of those decisions. Is this the manifest will of the people?

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Sustainable Change, Sustainable Transformation
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Its not you, its we: why values alone aren’t enough for a sustainable world

Allowing the values we hold to be expressed through action should not be a matter of guilt. Sustainability will come when we turn the tide.

Article by: Joss Tantram Topic: Blog, Provocations, Provocations, Thoughts and Big Ideas, Redefining Value, Sustainable Change, Sustainable Transformation, Towards 9 Billion
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