Categorie: future

Open letter to politicians – Its election time in The Netherlands. Dear politicians, Debates concentrate on doing “ normal” In the light of behavior in society, with foreigners, populism, fear, hate tweets and so on) . As well as on privatization of elderly care, on threats by Trump and Putin,…

If ‘Brundtland’ might need a revision ( see previous blog) , then how are other agreements and treaties defined by mankind doing? As for instance the declaration of human rights” It states: (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself…

I just read a book, that made me aware again, of one of the drivers of increased consumption, and therefore of resource depletion: ‘Count down’, by Alan Weisman. And the Topic? Population growth, or: Overpopulation. The topic was first put on the table by Malthus, who knew long ago that…

Climate neutral building has a built-in dilemma: the building should not only be energy neutral or ZEB, but the material related CO2 emissions count as well. And these go up when operational demand goes down. This catch 22 could be addressed with the introduction of a limited budget for embodied…

Lets be honest: there are 17 UN sustainable development goals launched recently, and who can oppose these? [1] What is against peace and justice? Or against good health? Or even innovation in industry? OK, the interpretation might be a little bit different depending your culture, but in the long run…

This blog has been published as column in a Dutch construction related newspaper (Cobouw) . See here to read it in dutch. About 20 years ago, it was still business as usual. But then, in the nineties, the music industry is shaken, when Napster puts things upside down : sharing…