“As Monty Python skits have always been up there right with Tolkien for me, I knew very well that humor doesn’t just make you chuckle—it makes you think.” (Srdja Popovic)
Create to Regenerate
“Ecological degradation is not a luxury concern for countries to leave on one side until they are rich enough to give it their attention,” says Kate Raworth. What are the steps toward an economy that would be regenerative by design?
L’économie manquante : faire de la prévention-régénération un modèle économique de croissance
Une ville inondée génère des contrats. Un bassin versant sain, qui contribue à prévenir l’inondation, ne génère aucun revenu pour ceux qui l’entretiennent. Le malade rapporte, la santé pas. La réparation est visible dans l’économie. La prévention, elle, peine souvent à trouver un acheteur.
Who Wants to Be an Economist?
Can humanity thrive without destroying the planet? It all depends on your representation of the economic purpose, says Kate Raworth, a “renegade economist” working at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
Democracy’s Prospects: Looking Backward
Political transparency has always been antithetical to government by an aristocratic elite. But what about the US? Has the country ever had a government of, by, and for the people? How to build one?
Democracy, Nature’s Rights, and the Quest for Meaning
Democracy is a universal principle that applies locally. Fostering a sense of community where it is upheld, the legal recognition of nature’s rights is democracy in practice.