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Interview with Lisa Jackson, Apple's "VP of Environment, Policy & Social Initiatives" on how the private sector is embracing the clean energy revolution. Fascinating given Apple's giant carbon footprint and consumerism & planned obsolescence "leadership".
"What are your environmental goals in the next 5y?" - "Europe started the circular economy. I think that is the holy grail, dematerialising our sector. We are already forest neutral & love to become forest-positive"
- Lisa Jackson, Apple VP of EnvironmentCan Apple close the loop? Tech giant targets 100% recycled material: https://www.greenbiz.com/article/can-apple-close-loop-tech-giant-targets-100-recycled-material
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The Swedes have a word that has no direct translation into English - one we should borrow: "Lagom":
The Lexin Swedish-English dictionary defines lagom as “enough, sufficient, adequate, just right”. Lagom is also widely translated as “in moderation“, “in balance”, “perfect-simple”, “optimal” and “suitable” (in matter of amounts). Whereas words like “sufficient” and “average” suggest some degree of abstinence, scarcity, or failure, lagom carries the connotation of appropriateness, although not necessarily perfection. The archetypical Swedish proverb “Lagom är bäst“, literally “The right amount is best”, is translated as “Enough is as good as a feast” in the Lexin dictionary. That same proverb is translated as “There is virtue in moderation” in Prismas Stora Engelska Ordbok (1995). (source)
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"IKEA will take back your old furniture, resell it & give you the money":
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/ikea-will-take-back-your-old-furniture-resell-it-and-give-you-the-money“If the last decades were about mass consumerism, now we are getting towards mass circularity.” - Jesper Brodin, CEO of IKEA
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Community Engagement:
https://www.slideshare.net/salishsea/community-engagement-presentation
The way to heal a living system is to connect it to more of itself
- Humberto MaturanaHave a powerful question to which you don't know the answer
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Truth and Trust: Maturana and Von Foerster - 30min chat about Science and Reality:
Future to be Determined, Maturana and von Foerster - 30min chat about Education:
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How did we do that? The possibility of rapid transition:
http://steps-centre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/How_Did_We_Do_That.pdfAdvertising locks in the culture of consumerism. It's messages that define us first and foremost as consumers far outweigh visible invitations to think of ourselves as citizens with broader, extended responsibilities.
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"30 years later, deniers are still lying about James Hansen’s amazing global warming prediction" - by @dana1981 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/jun/25/30-years-later-deniers-are-still-lying-about-hansens-amazing-global-warming-prediction
Today "climate change deniers" are not the main issue anymore. It's folks that acknowledge it's happening, but decide "it's not my problem" or "I can't do anything about this". We are in urgent need of future eco-nomy visions, that drive real climate action.
If we don't have such convincing, realistic, positive & inclusive narratives of what life on earth might be like in the next 30y of accelerating climate change - we are automatically yielding tremendous power to demagogues & dictators, that are happy to fill this void with darkness.
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India to bring forward 100,000 megawatts of new solar power, the largest tender for new solar power capacity in the world. This 100 GW would far exceed anything that has ever been constructed: http://www.climateactionprogramme.org/news/india-to-bring-forward-100000-megawatts-of-new-solar-power #ClimateChange #Regenerative
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"2020 Tokyo Games to be fully powered by renewable energy, organizers say":
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/06/22/national/2020-tokyo-games-fully-powered-renewable-energy-organizers-say/It will also promote sustainability among the public.
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🌿@Ecolise is a "European Network for Community-Led Initiatives on Climate Change & Sustainability": http://www.ecolise.eu/
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Thinking Like a System about Climate Science:
http://prosperouswaydown.com/thinking-like-a-system-about-climate-science/
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Ecoshift - "The Movement That Is Transforming the Relation of Humanity to Earth":
http://www.ecoshift.net/ecoshift.pdf -
"An Examination of the Ecological and Social Problems Caused by the Predominant Economic System and Possible Alternative Business Models for a More Sustainable and Equitable Future" - Master’s Thesis of Matthew Noble Spruell: https://sozialeoekonomie.org/wp-content/uploads/wissensgrundlagen/2016-09_Examination-of-Ecological-and-Social-Problems_Matthew-Noble-Spruell.pdf
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"Re framing the scene: appropriating familiarity for cultural change":
https://www.slideshare.net/gillking904/re-framing-the-scene-appropriating-familiarity-for-cultural-change-students-of-sustainability-20150712-final Students of Sustainability 2015 final
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"New Toolkit Uses Normative Messaging to Encourage UK Citizens to ‘Recycle Now’": http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/behavior_change/sustainable_brands/new_toolkit_uses_normative_messaging_encourage_uk
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"Social media has had a big part to play in the rise of the plant-based lifestyle":
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44488051 -
https://www.climatecolab.org/ - "Work with people from all over the world to create proposals for how to reach global climate change goals"
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Regen Network - A blockchain project for ecological regeneration: https://www.regen.network/
https://medium.com/regen-network/welcome-to-regen-network-3ad7ce9ba1e4
White paper: http://regen-network.gitlab.io/whitepaper/WhitePaper.pdf
