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What I appreciate about Tim Jackson is his clarity, groundedness, good humour and inspired presentation style. Here, he talks about the trap and dilemma of our current approach to economic growth. He takes us from the blind faith in our own ingenuity that is likely to further feed the economic crisis, to a new perspective [...]
A valuable online resource featuring up-to date information on sustainable technologies and energy practices has just gone live at : http://info.cat.org.uk Whether you’d like to know more about feed-in tariffs, the best way to heat your home this winter, compost toilets or a whole host of other topics, this website contains clear and comprehensive information [...]
I couldn’t help noticing it’s lift share week on 4th -8th October and this reminds me that I still haven’t managed to actually do a lift share by advertising my willingness to participate online. This is partly because no-one has ever responded to a lift offer or request that I’ve posted, but also, if I’m [...]
“Life, rather than money, is the appropriate standard for evaluating economic choices and performance.” David Korten (www.davidkorten.org) As a parent, a small business owner and a coach, the theme of competition features regularly as an antagonism. When my children compare themselves unfavourably to others, I want to remind them of their strengths and beautiful uniqueness. [...]
This time of year is traditionally a peak season in the harvesting of grains, fruit and vegetables that grow relatively easily in our British climate. Over the bank holiday weekend, I picked crab apples from our garden and boiled them up to make crab apple jelly. I love the colours and textures of the ripe [...]
Michael sounded perplexed when I asked him what first steps he wanted to take to get his sustainable small business started. “Well, ideally, I’d like to do a,b, and c” he said “…and that’s all very well, but there’s a problem with this plan.” “What’s that?” I asked. “Well, I never do what I say [...]
“To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day.” Lao Tzu You know you’d like to reduce your spending, review your cost of living and make do with less, but however much you think about it, nothing seems to spur you into action. What’s stopping you? Being “frugal” – sparing, [...]
“If any field needs integration, it is medicine. If any field needs an integrative paradigm that can make sense out of all the different models of healing, it is medicine. The weaknesses of the conventional medical model have been clear for some time. Its procedures are too invasive and have too many harmful side effects. [...]
This site seeks to explore the heart and soul of downshifting to a more sustainable, ethical and holistic way of living and working, in keeping with the needs of the planet, humanity as a whole and ourselves as individuals. (read more)
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