You've seen this, or variants, on a number of occasions, but it's a useful summary I think (even if I am not madly in love with its source). It's my view that...
Hi My name is Bob Walker. My main interest in joining The Commons is to learn more about the possible relationships between technological sustainability, the...
Doors of Perception Report Design steps to one planet living December 2007 by John Thackara TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABILITY: SAO PAULO WORKSHOP Imagine that you have...
OF DOOMERS AND BOTTLE-FILLERS In Sao Paulo before Christmas someone referred to me as a "doomer." I had not heard the word before, but was told that it...
Friends, Colleagues, Allies, Comrades, and Detractors, It appears that the author of the Doors of Perception Report has been reading the wrong people. In...
I thought this was a pretty good article and insights on "design" from an important, broader perceptive., and am pleased to share it with you. And in the case...
Der Colleagues, This commentary which just slipped in over the transom is something that I share with you not to demean the intelligence or good intentions of...
Hi Eric, I have had a go at the Amory Lovins brand of idiocy before. The paper “The Demise of Business as Usual <http://dematerialism.net/demise.htm> ”...
I defy you to show me one instance where a more resource efficient technology has led to less use of resources and not to increased use of technology. Amike...
Less of a resource THAN otherwise, easy to show. Less absolutely..harder to show..wait, let me look for my buggy-whip. In other words, the "less" has to be...
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Hi Eric, Here's another perspective, dealing specifically with the issue: In terms of the despiritualization of the universe, the mental process works so that...
Kevin Gaudette
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Rigardu ankaŭ je: http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3561 "...to expand the analysis to cover what I consider to be the even more pressing nexus between the Nano,...
Doors of Perception Report by John Thackara March 2008 TRAVELS IN UNCANNY VALLEY Many of us are confronted by a painful dilemma: we travel to earn money, and...
Doors of Perception Report Design steps to a one planet economy April 2008 by John Thackara CITY ECO LAB We have started work in earnest on City Eco Lab, a...
Doors of Perception Report ... June 2008 by John Thackara CITY ECO LAB: YOUR BENCHMARK SUGGESTIONS PLEASE City Eco Lab, the "nomadic market of projects" that...
I haven't seen any response on Zurich so let me have a go. My sole qualification is that I visited in 1994 and was shown the tram depot and some sample routes....
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DOORS OF PERCEPTION REPORT Design for resilience By John Thackara July 2008 CITY ECO LAB: BARN-RAISING FOR UNDER-16s? Last month's request prompted you to send...
JAMES ROBERTSON'S NEWSLETTER No 15, July 2008 Dear Eric, My latest newsletter is now out. Read it in full at: http://www.jamesrobertson.com/newsletter.htm This...
Dear Eric, This is a correction to the original text of my July newsletter - http://www.jamesrobertson.com/newsletter.htm The link in Item 5 for Ron Morrison's...
While you’re snoozing in the sun in the last days of summer, here is something that I found a very thoughtful read that is very close to all our work here....
DOORS OF PERCEPTION REPORT City Eco Lab Preview September 2008 by John Thackara CITY ECO LAB PREVIEW This two-week-long market of sustainability projects opens...
