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Continue partying, or (CO2) lockdown ?

14 april 2022admin
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There are actually only two options (‘scenario’s’): Either we go into CO2 lockdown, or we party on until the whole thing collapses…. The latest IPCC report makes that perfectly clear again. What we are doing now is a case of… Continue Reading →

behaviour, climate, CO2, consuming, economy, future, IPCC, lifestyle, news, policies, society, transition

Environment and climate checklist for journalists

16 januari 2022admin
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blind spots in the environmental and climate approach/sustainability When listening to an interview, I regularly think: dive deeper, keep asking….! The same in the newspaper. Like recently: the newspaper offered space to a philosopher, who was allowed to go wild… Continue Reading →

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the Graz declaration: a amendment proposal

5 juni 2020admin
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Next week, the world sustainable built environment conference was planned, from 9-11 June, in Gothenburg, Sweden. It has been put on hold since early March, due to Covid-19 virus of course. It probably will be postponed or become a virtual… Continue Reading →

architects, building, climate, CO2, future, news, policies, society, transition

Avoiding CO2 lock-down: learning from corona

31 maart 2020admin
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(this text was send as an open letter to the installations industry , media and policymakers, on 26 March 2020) What is happening around the corona virus today, is understandable and needed, health is paramount. Let that be clear. But… Continue Reading →

climate, CO2, housing stock, news, policies, politics, retrofit, society, transition

Corona brings us “Back to normal’… ?

21 maart 2020admin
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( a short version has been published on Linkedin) . Whats happening now, with the corona crises, shows how the world / human beings have become vulnerable to disruptions of “business as usual’ , or better: current ‘life as usual’… Continue Reading →

blog, climate, economy, future, news, policies, smartcities, transition

People vs Resources, update and annex (Max Power)

4 november 2019admin
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It has been a year since the Dutch version of the book was published, Gebroken Kringlopen (Broken Cycles). I handed out the first copy to Marjan Minnesma, who is on top of the required transition with NGO Urgenda. The English… Continue Reading →

energy, EROI, exergy, news, society, transition

The world on fire (and BBQ)

14 juli 2019admin
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The introduction to the Dutch version of my book was headed: the world on fire. ( after summer in English available!) “Well”, was often the reaction, “a bit exaggerated, isn’t it? Sounds like doomsday thinking right?” But it is not… Continue Reading →

aluminium, climate, CO2, future, news, politics, society, transition

Dear Politicians: the ‘normal’ of today cant be the ‘normal’ of tomorrow.

20 februari 2017admin
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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… Continue Reading →

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The week: sand , commons and m2’s

11 december 2016admin
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I had a very interesting week , with many new insights and views from other disciplines . It started with an invitation to be part of a discussion panel about ‘Dutch land” organized by the governmental water authority . How… Continue Reading →

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Happy New Year 2022 !

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