Sustainability: 21st Century Natural Philosophy
Sustainability echoes the European Enlightenment period. Today, 21st century Natural Philosophers hold their thinking up against today's orthodoxies.
Provocations
SWOT on Earth?
What's the state of the planet in 2014? Here's our SWOT on Earth for the new year
Suicide By Planet
Suicide by planet...will our current model of capitalism make us the first species to willfully self destruct?
Terra Sapiens
From Homo sapiens to Terra sapiens - becoming a true stewards of our planet just might be the defining challenge of our evolutionary history.
The Rights of Future Trade
The right to trade now is actively protected. With predicted social and environmental disruption, should we also develop the Rights of Future Trade?
Sustainable Futures and the Status Quo Bias
Humans unconsciously tend to assume that the status quo is somehow right and natural. How might this affect our ability to build a sustainable future?
A sustainable world before the end of our world?
Optimism for a sustainable future might be pointless in cosmic terms but then so is pretty much anything when viewed in this light.
A desirable property…how might we value our home planet?
A gentle meander around some of the issues and ideas generated by our modest proposal to explore an Initial Public Offering (IPO) for the Earth, an EPO.
Some are more equal than others
CEOs today are paid twice their weight in gold, are they worth it?
Calm down! Lustrum trading, a solution to market hysteria?
The link between short termism and unsustainability is clear and well established - Lustrum trading may provide an answer.
Our Days are Worth Years
We don’t always have to think of time as a linear pathway towards the future. Many millions of years are lived by humanity every day - just imagine if we could harness and make use of that time ...