Sepp Hasslberger: The Alternative – Rainbow Crystal Land – A Free Sustainable World for Everyone

Imagining how the world could be … a project for living in harmony with nature and ourselves. The Alternative – Rainbow Crystal Land EXTRACT We are searching for an alternative way of doing things, free from the violence, corruption, fear, oppression, injustice, poverty, consumerism, the abuse of power and the destruction of nature of “the …

Anthony Judge: Requisite simplexity for sustainable comprehension of complexity

Correspondences between Traditional Constellations and Pattern Languages Requisite simplexity for sustainable comprehension of complexity Introduction Strategic design preferences for simplistic geometry: 2D presentations rather than 3D Traditional constellations versus Pattern language: towards a mind map Use of virtual reality for 3-dimensional articulation of connectivity Embodying a navigable cognitive vehicle Organizing, starting and driving a cognitive …

Guardian Sustainable Business: 8 Recycling Success Stories

8 ways to rethink resources: nappies to benches and food waste to biogas LIST ONLY 1. Nappies to roof tiles and railway sleepers   .   2. Paper to reduce food waste   .   3. Sustainable construction materials   .   4. Clothes from old water bottles   .   5. Agri-waste into plastic bottles   .   6. Worms as fertiliser   .   7. …

George Por: Augmenting the Collective Intelligence of the Ecosystem of Systems Communities – Introduction to the Design of the CI Enhancement Lab (CIEL)

Augmenting the Collective Intelligence of the Ecosystem of Systems Communities: Introduction to the Design of the CI Enhancement Lab (CIEL) George Pór* Director Community Intelligence, London, UK The quality of collective intelligence flowing in and across systems communities of various disciplines, and the fragmentation or connectedness of their mental models of the world, shape their …

Jean Lievens: DonnieMaclurcan on Non-Profit Enterprises and a Sustainable Future

Video: Donnie Maclurcan, on moving to not-for-profit enterprise models for a sustainable future “What would a world filled with truly sustainable businesses look like? Join this thought-provoking session to hear how, according to Professor Donnie Maclurcan, not-for-profit enterprise will be at the heart of a sustainable future by 2050. Outlining research from Donnie’s forthcoming book …