4 days agoMember-onlyRom 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 divorced couple who team up to stop their daughter from making a big mistake in love. …Culture3 min readCulture3 min read
Feb 19Capitalism 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 climate skeptics are skeptical about global warming) that all production must be under private auspices, and that many private producers should be protected by limited liability…Politics4 min readPolitics4 min read
Feb 15Member-onlyFossil 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…Energy1 min readEnergy1 min read
Feb 15Member-onlyCopenhagen’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 along the way. First carbon-neutral capital by 2025 Copenhagen aims to be the first carbon neutral capital by 2025. Their report CPH 2020 Roadmap 2021–2025 lays out the challenges: fossil-based…Copenhagen2 min readCopenhagen2 min read
Nov 7, 2022Member-onlyAnnual 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 be of interest to look at the numbers using a double-entry book keeping approach. I have chosen to see Sweden as a mosaic of…Cop272 min readCop272 min read
Nov 1, 2022Member-onlyI dream, not of sustainability but of continuumA short story I was having a think. A cup of tea, a biscuit and a ponder. Feet up. I’d just been in a web meeting talking about sustainability. It was exhausting. …Society9 min readSociety9 min read
Jun 23, 2022Member-onlyA 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 out, and then the act of standing back, letting your brain work with the information, is often highly edifying. Let’s try and make a…Systems Thinking4 min readSystems Thinking4 min read
Jan 11, 2022Member-onlyThe 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 has enough material resources. Apart from the climate emergency, pressure from population increases and rising standards are about to create inevitable material shortages. Still developing, the idea of…Climate Change5 min readClimate Change5 min read
Nov 20, 2021We 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 collapsing, ecologically, economically, and, inevitably, to some extent socially as well. You want to do something about it, but you don’t want to glue yourself…4th Industrial Revolution4 min read4th Industrial Revolution4 min read
Aug 17, 2021Member-onlyWhere 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 strategy to reach environmental objectives. Hopes are that production systems will continue to deliver and indeed grow economically, but with far less material and fossil energy intensity. …Circulareconomy8 min readCirculareconomy8 min read
