Entropic Utility – measuring the circular economy
Entropy applies without exception to all activities and processes. Is it the meta metric to measure and drive a circular economy?
Entropy applies without exception to all activities and processes. Is it the meta metric to measure and drive a circular economy?
Suicide by planet...will our current model of capitalism make us the first species to willfully self destruct?
We will have more than 9 billion people on the planet by 2050 - lets tidy the house for the vistors we have coming.
The Salzburg Statement on New Governance for Sustainability - given the challenges we face, are our existing approaches fit for purpose?
The limits to growth are framed by thermodynamics, not sentiment and custom. We must evolve our systems of value to work within and alongside this reality.
27th June 2013 New governance for sustainability The Salzburg Global Seminar was formed in 1948 with a mission to “…challenge present and future leaders to solve issues of global concern.” Joss was invited to the Seminar’s session 515 – new governance for sustainability to talk about Terrafiniti’s IPO for Earth concept. See the slides and …
12th June 2013 More life now! A manifesto for rejuvenative technology We need to drive a flowering of technology that is rejuvenative in its impact and biotic in its nature. Organisations, governments, companies and just plain everyone should be contributing to the sum total of life on this planet. In this post we introduce rejuvenative …
11th June 2013 Essential foundations for a circular economy The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management and Environmental Services Association 2013 conference focussed upon the promise and challenges of the circular economy. Joss Tantram of Terrafiniti took part in a panel discussion focusing on the essential building blocks of a sustainable transformation focusing on abundance, price …
June 2013 Towards 9 Billion Second Sight is a platform, a publisher and a lab about trend research and trend forecasting. With its quarterly magazine Second Sight provides an ongoing research into the spirit of our times. Terrafiniti’s Towards 9 Billion concept was featured within Second Sight’s Issue #34 on Interdependence.
Practicing what we preach? – employment practices in CSR and sustainability Unpaid internships and zero-hour contracts have hit headlines recently. As our sector promotes best practice, should it lead the fight for better employment or follow the race to the bottom? Our survey has gathered data from the CSR sector.
We need to drive a flowering of rejuvenative technology - sustainable in its impact and biotic in its nature - increasing the sum total of life on Earth.
From Homo sapiens to Terra sapiens - becoming a true stewards of our planet just might be the defining challenge of our evolutionary history.