London Premier of 'An Ecology of Mind'
See the full gallery on Posterous Yesterday night I attended the London premier of Nora Bateson's film: An Ecology of Mind: A Daughter’s Portrait of Gregory Bateson. Gregory Bateson has been described...
View ArticleRio+20 - Saving Biodiversity or Capitalism?
‘Among the issues: What does moving from sustainable development to green economy mean? What is hidden behind this new concept of green economy: green growth? Green capitalism? Something else? What...
View ArticleRio+20 - The Green Economy: Not what it appears!
See the full gallery on Posterous The language in the official UN documents promoting ‘The Green Economy’ published during the Rio+20 UN Conference for Sustainable Development last week is strikingly...
View Article'One Planet' Olympic Games 2012
The Olympic Games 2012 won their bid partially on the concept of ‘One Planet Olympics’, meaning an Olympics that worked towards lowering its ecological footprint to a level where the earth’s...
View ArticleThe Green Economy (NOT!): The Final Frontier
The UN’s Rio+20 declaration ‘The Future We Choose’ warns; ‘the scientific evidence is unequivocal…the time to act is now!’ With this document the UN calls for ‘a great transformation’ emerging from...
View Article2012: ‘The World is Not Ending. It is the Opposite’
Over the holidays I have read the latest Club of Rome report Bankrupting Nature. I did this not because I enjoy reading non-fiction over Christmas but because I am grateful for the time I have to...
View ArticleSocial Institutions Respond to the Ecological Crisis: A Critical Look at the RSA
In the UK social institutions maintain their legitimacy with claims that they are responding the environmental crisis with initiatives capable of transforming our economy into something that could...
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