Social Change
Google is running a project to find which ideas people think would benefit the most people. It is called the 10 to the 100 project. (This number, 1 followed by a hundred zeroes is called a googol – which is what google was named after.) What google did was ask for ideas to benefit the [...]
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One of the more remarkable developments of the last decade or so is the Slow Food movement. (It has now grown well beyond a focus on food and eating.) It has spread throughout the world and has many thousands of members. The name may be a bit misleading. It is about more than slowness. The [...]
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These three blogs are all about changing our world for the better. First up, because it has the biggest agenda, is On The Commons. This blog covers the whole of our social lives from the perspective of what we share – rather than private ownership. It is biased to the US in its coverage. Consistently [...]
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I have a guest post on the Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life blog. It is called, “Are People Getting Better While the World is Getting Worse?” In my once you know a person’s background it is surprising how well they are doing. People seem to be getting better. And yet the world has urgent problems [...]
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Image by joguldi Sharon Astyk has written a remarkable book called Depletion and Abundance. Sharon also writes a blog called Casaubon’s Book. It deals with the twin fossil fuel crises – peak oil and Global Warming. Her response is to revive local sufficiency. She points out that most of the changes needed (and they are [...]
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