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The Netherlands as cooperation, owned by its inhabitants?

24 maart 2019admin
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Its a difficult thing, the much wanted energy transition. Last week the daily news broadcast showed an interesting example of that. The provinces have to build wind turbines and search for acceptable locations, but the residents around are revolting. Complaining… Continue Reading →

commons, economy, politics, population, society, transition

Cuba, a blueprint for the future ? 1/2

22 september 2017admin
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Cuba has fascinated me since my youth. Of course, in the sixties and seventies as collective resistance against capitalism and imperialism. On one side I was attracted to the ideas behind the revolutions, on the other side I was a… Continue Reading →

assessment, building, commons, future, island, population, resources, sustainable

The Growth syndrom : a pyramid game

7 maart 2017admin
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Richard Attenborough summarized it as follows: ” Anyone who thinks that you can have infinite growth in a finite environment is either a madman or an economist..” The addiction to profit and money making by economists has simularities with religion… Continue Reading →

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The ‘Eigg’ of Scotland : sharing society 2.0

10 juli 2016admin
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The earth in fact is one big island, on which we have to try to survive. Which was until recently not such a big deal, but with 7 billion of, and increasing to 9,5 billion by 2050, its about time… Continue Reading →

commons, island, resources, sustainable

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Speaker, writer , thinker, co-Founder iiSBE , consultant, researcher : main focus: Zero impact built environments The Netherlands
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RONALD ROVERS:
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chair and organiser 1 st World conference Sustainable Building (SB2000, Maastricht)
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co-founder iiSBE, International NGO: int.initiative for Sustainable Built environment
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honorary member of the Chinese academy for Science and Technology, Wuxi, PRChina
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guest lecturing, in several Europen universities
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Book: Sustainable Housing, a conceptual approach , R.Rovers 2006 ISBN: 978-90-8594-020-3

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