Categorie: commons

Corona, the built environment, & The Species vs the Individual

The Species vs the Individual, in the Built Environment? The Corona lockdown and approach continues to surprise: both in what the government does and how people deal with it. What is particularly striking in this phase of Corona is the response and attitude to some problems with vaccines. There are…

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Land, between heaven and earth

It is intriguing how the world fundamentally works, with its cycles, driven mainly by solar energy. Which can be traced back mainly to the yields of land, as I found out earlier. [1,2] (Land that has virtually disappeared from economic theory as a production factor). But yields from land is…

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Eigg, what’s next? 2/2

The Scottish Island Eigg, with around 100 inhabitants, for some 10 years now runs its own independent electricity network, and functions fine. (see previous article). In part 2: what now? With such a joint electricity network , which works fine (with all its limitations), you would think that that more…

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The Netherlands as cooperation, owned by its inhabitants?

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 of shadow effects, birds killed, NIMBY etc, you name it….

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Cuba, a blueprint for the future ? 1/2

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 pacifist, refused to join the army, and such things. It…

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The Growth syndrom : a pyramid game

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 fanatics. They are both afraid of the here and now,…

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The ‘Eigg’ of Scotland : sharing society 2.0

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 to start organizing and distributing things a bit more tightly…

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