The role of education and learning in sustainability
[Vala Ragnarsdottir, Emelia Arthur, Maja Göpel and Justine Braby at the Balaton Meeting 2018. Source: via Vala Ragnarsdottir] Coming back...
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Sep 23, 2018
If we could all think in systems, we could build a better world
[Image source: Source: https://medium.com/disruptive-design/tools-for-systems-thinkers-the-6-fundamental-concepts-of-systems-thinking-379...
Sep 10, 2018
Why neoliberalism needs to be replaced, urgently
[Image Source: Source: www.polyp.org.uk] A(nother, albeit old, but still) great article by George Monbiot that has to be shared this...
Aug 21, 2018
Small steps to improving life at Sonder Water through pallet furniture
In June 2018, the For Progress Namibia Project started with its pallet project for the residents of the Sonder Water community. Sonder...
Aug 4, 2018
Forget 'sustainable', let's move to 'regenerative' development
Image source: https://www.bioversityinternational.org/news/deta... We abuse the land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us....
Jul 22, 2018
Changing the way mobile phones are made
Image: Miners in DRC showing minerals after two days in the mine pit. Source: Fairphone, https://www.fairphone.com/en/ The mobile...
Jul 17, 2018
Fixing our economy will also mean fixing the food system
Image Source: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/3281 I read a recent article by Otto Scharmer that inspired me to share with...
Jul 15, 2018
Fuel prices are increasing could this be a good thing
The fuel prices are going up, and everyone is in high distress. Of course, in our current system, increasing fuel prices will inevitably...
Jun 24, 2018
Two innovative ways to deal with food waste
When we speak about global hunger and ending it, often the solution that is focused on is amping up industrial and large-scale...
Jun 17, 2018
Talking in circles on Universal Basic Income in Namibia
[Picture Source: https://torontotoollibrary.com/will-universal-basic-income-be-the-poverty-reduction-strategy-we-need/] I am convinced...
Jun 10, 2018
Economic transformation requires a change in worldviews
Cartoon Source: http://www.polyp.org.uk/cartoons.html Reading a great book written by colleague and friend Maja Göpel called the Great...
Jun 3, 2018
The GDP Trap - and the possibilities to get out
[Image Source: Ida Kubiszewski et al, “Beyond GDP: Measuring and Achieving Global Genuine Progress,” Ecological Economics, 93, (2013).]...
May 27, 2018
National clean-up campaign sees some great activities come to life
President Hage Geingob called on all Namibians to stand together on Africa Day in turning up for a national clean-up campaign in their...
May 20, 2018
Ramblings and shared thoughts on land redistribution in Namibia
"A conference on the land suggested that those who have plenty of land they should sell it to the government. And we tried to get the...
May 13, 2018
White privilege and racism is blocking Namibia's progress
Image Source: Facebook user Emanu - Satir & Illustration If you have not noticed that anger is bubbling in this country, then you have...
May 6, 2018
The Namibian Environmental Education Network meets for their annual conference
The Namibian Environmental Education Network (NEEN), a network of environmental educators in Namibia, just had their conference over the...
Apr 29, 2018
Biomimicry as a transformative paradigm_Guest Author Gamelihle Sibanda
[Image Credit: Toktokkie harvests water from fog in the Namib Desert. Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/483644447462282492/] A friend...
Apr 29, 2018
Introducing the WE-All The Wellbeing Economy Alliance
What a better way to introduce to all of you the Wellbeing Economy Alliance than through a webinar where Katherine Trebeck, one of the...
Mar 26, 2018
Come on! Capitalism, short-termism, population and the destruction of our planet
The book 'Come On! Capitalism, Short-termism, Population and the Destruction of the Planet - A Report to the Cub of Rome' is a read that...
Mar 20, 2018
Learning from the Philosophy of Water
Listening to Raymond Tang's Ted Talk the other day and was inspired to share the lessons he learnt from the ancient Chines philosophy of...
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