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.
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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.
The Rights of Future Trade
The right to trade now is actively protected. With predicted social and environmental disruption, should we also develop the Rights of Future Trade?
Sustainable Futures and the Status Quo Bias
Humans unconsciously tend to assume that the status quo is somehow right and natural. How might this affect our ability to build a sustainable future?
Sensational! Against the tide of shallow value (Part 2)
From shallow value to real value - markets need to be capable of valuing a common future as more valuable than a private present.
Sensational! Against the tide of shallow value (Part 1)
What hope for sustainability when short term, shallow value and sensation is prioritised over the long term productive capacity of the planet and humanity?
How much is your Mother (Earth) worth?
Like pricing the Earth, getting the right price for your Mother might be harder than you think
A sustainable world before the end of our world?
Optimism for a sustainable future might be pointless in cosmic terms but then so is pretty much anything when viewed in this light.
Valuing Abundance
Scarcity may be a simple and effective way of generating price but it is fatally flawed as an approach to delivering a sustainable future...
Towards 9 Billion: Infinite economy on a finite planet – Part 2
Delivering sustainable capitalism - how the price mechanism must evolve.
Some are more equal than others
CEOs today are paid twice their weight in gold, are they worth it?
So you want a career in sustainability?
Sustainability is vital - but also exciting - but what are the key things to bear in mind when thinking of a career in sustainability?