Sweden’s options to defossilize its transport system.A look at the passenger kilometers produced in the Swedish transport system reveals some interesting statistics. When you add the CO2…May 30, 2024May 30, 2024
If you want a circular economy, then take a look at your manufacturing sector with these eyes.The last article explained that, if you are looking to develop policy to drive the circular economy, then it is useful to divide supply…Mar 3, 20241Mar 3, 20241
The ABC of Supply Chains shows the disconnects killing the planetFortunately for us, Sweden keeps a pretty comprehensive set of statistics 1 on how its industry performs. It takes a while to retrieve them…Feb 27, 2024Feb 27, 2024
Go green? We have the technology, it’s the social organisation we lackBack in 2008 I published a novel, “Inventing for the Sustainable Planet”. It follows technical writer Max Wahlter as he uses creativity…Jan 6, 20242Jan 6, 20242
Rom com “Ticket to Paradise” depicts US culture as a disaster zone. Truth-telling?Ticket to Paradise is a romantic comedy film full of fun, laughs and romance. The movie stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts as a…Mar 19, 2023Mar 19, 2023
Capitalism destroys, and it’s socialism that saves capitalismSweden has eight political parties. Only one party is, so to speak, skeptical of capitalism. By that I mean that they are sceptical (like…Feb 19, 2023Feb 19, 2023
Fossil Fuel decision treeI thought I’d help policy makers out out by providing a decision tree for them. Rather simplified, I think it needs to match the level of…Feb 15, 2023Feb 15, 2023
Copenhagen’s plan for net-zeroCopenhagen aims to be the first carbon neutral capital by 2025. This article explains how they plan to do it and hints at several obstacles…Feb 15, 2023Feb 15, 2023
Annual report for Sweden’s CO2 emissions — in book-keeping formatI am writing this for all my number-crunching friends ahead during COP 27 which starts today. Sweden is going for net zero by 2050. It may…Nov 7, 2022Nov 7, 2022
A high level system map of the industrial society tells you something…Using system mapping tools, or even a simple graphics program, it’s possible to get a bird’s eye view of any system. The act of mapping it…Jun 23, 2022Jun 23, 2022
The circular economy neighbourhood can fix Paris. And your economySweden, like many countries, is pursuing the circular economy as a path to decarbonization, to the bio-economy and to ensure their economy…Jan 11, 2022Jan 11, 2022
We can out-cooperate the planet and people unfriendly cultureIs that feeling getting to you? You know, the one where you start to feel that our human civilization, with its 7.8 billion hostages, is…Nov 20, 2021Nov 20, 2021
Where can regional authorities push the circular economy forward?As circular economy thinking takes hold among policy makers, civil servants and scientists, policy is tending towards circular as a…Aug 17, 2021Aug 17, 2021
On IPCC report: give us constraints and U-turn not targets!Released today, the report, which summarises scientists’ understanding of what is happening with climate change, warns that Earth will…Aug 9, 2021Aug 9, 2021
This reminds mo of the silent reflection practiced by people connected to Initiatives of Change…May 18, 2021May 18, 2021
Get ready to pivotMy interpretation of what a pivot is: a cap on resource withdrawal followed by a rapid reduction. A pivot can happen before or after the…Jan 25, 2021Jan 25, 2021
Not change — pivotAnyone growing up when times just get worse will expect that they will continue to get worse. Growing up in a time when things just get…Jan 2, 2021Jan 2, 2021
Corona shows us we need a stable core to the economy. Here’s an idea.Can we reorganise the way we run things and create a stable core of the economy that will see us through a crisis at least with the very…Mar 27, 2020Mar 27, 2020
Is the Dunbar number a simple solution to political representation where gets a say in world…As I write this, COP 25 is going on. Children activists interviewed on stage, including Greta Thunberg, are stating simply that they…Dec 7, 20191Dec 7, 20191