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Capitalism Must Price Carbon – Or Die

Originally posted on Craig Sams:
This was a speech I gave at the Harmony in Food and Farming conference in Llandovery, Wales in July 2017. Please click here to see video clips of the Prince of Wales, Patrick Holden and…

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Interview with Nora Bateson about Systemic Leadership- this is a little bit radical.

Systemic Leadership Summit Source: Interview with Nora Bateson about Systemic Leadership- this is a little bit radical.

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The Refugee Crisis: Let’s look at Energy, Economy and Ecology

The unfolding and increasingly tragic refugee crisis is creating a profound awareness around the war in Syria. Not to be forgotten are refugees from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen, and Eritrea, also risking their lives to reach Europe. What do these … Continue reading

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Why We Have an Oversupply of Almost Everything (Oil, labor, capital, etc.)

Again, Gail Tverberg manages to present valuable perspectives on our present energy, economy, and ecology predicament. Our Finite World The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article called, Glut of Capital and Labor Challenge Policy Makers: Global oversupply extends beyond … Continue reading

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Stressed? Depressed? – Be Happy!

Bombarded daily with news of wars, poverty, violence, corruption, financial crisis’ and climate disasters it’s no wonder we can feel depression setting in. But maybe there’s another way of looking at all this news…? The world is going through big … Continue reading

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Relating, the Implicate and the Explicate Order, and Awareness

I will begin by relating to myself, the only one person I know truly, and the filter through which all I see is tinted. Thirteen years ago I left Brazil, and a five year job as an expatriate CEO that … Continue reading

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Freedom of Speech, and Transparency.

The tragedy of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris is fresh in the mind, as are the countless tragedies around the world; that is the Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria, as well as the many civilian lives lost in the … Continue reading

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Distracted for ten or fifteen seconds…

Modern noise, TV, media, music, thoughts… Where is my head? Where is my heart? The two men came walking across the wide promenade in the last rays of afternoon sunlight. Smartly dressed and good looking, they could have been well-to-do … Continue reading

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Business Revisited

The biochar event was great; 30+ people showed up, mostly from the west coast of the island. One hour theory and two hours of practice, and lots of time to chat and network in-between. We found out that this was … Continue reading

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Sustainability and Leadership, Some Reflections

A short presentation delivered during a workshop on sustainability and leadership in June 2009 to the European Professional Women’s Network (EPWN).

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