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

19 april 2021admin
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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… Continue Reading →

behaviour, blog, commons, housing stock, lifestyle, policies, politics, population, society

Land, between heaven and earth

8 februari 2021admin
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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… Continue Reading →

agriculture, biobased, biomass, capital, commons, Embodied Land, food, forests, land, landuse, society

Eigg, what’s next? 2/2

7 maart 2020admin
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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… Continue Reading →

biobased, building, commons, future, island, labor, materials, resources, society, transition

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 →

blog, climate, CO2, commons, ecology, economy, future, resources

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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Form Follows Fysics - reinventing the built environment (2021)
People vs Resources - restoring a world out of balance (2019)
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