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Monthly Archives: December 2009

Democracy as Killer App No. 3

In this context, a reflection by Niall Ferguson in today’s Financial Times on the meaning of the past decade struck me as particularly apt and insightful. He explores the reasons… More…

Do You Want Ice With That?

Water is an increasingly political issue worldwide – and it comes in many forms. “From the Arctic sea ice to the Antarctic interior and the mountainous peaks of Peru, Alaska,… More…

COP15: Politics of the Liferaft

“Copenhagen is a crime scene tonight,” said John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace UK, “with the guilty men and women fleeing to the airport.” Increasingly, the take on COP15 is… More…

SOTP CLIMATE CHANGE

No, its not a typo, but a rather astute way to kick-off a series of blogs from the COP15 summit in Copenhagen: Geoff Lye, a Volans Co-Founder who is there… More…

Population Control at Volans

At a time when we are beginning to think of growing our numbers, in terms of the size of the Volans team, one issue which we haven’t done much –… More…

Shokay seeks a CEO

Shokay (www.shokay.com), the world’s first lifestyle brand focused on the yak, features adult wear and adult accessories.  Shokay prides itself not only in its classic and modern designs, but also… More…

Commencement: End of One Journey, Starting Point of Another

Back in the USA after my internship with Volans, I was delighted this week to have received an amazing amount of curious enthusiasm from the audience after my oral defence… More…

The Power of Positive Vision

One key way of alerting people to the positive side of the great change processes we must drive in the coming decades is to use new visualisation techniques to help… More…

60% of Citizens Support Government Action on Climate

In the midst of the global recession, GlobeScan’s new 23-country survey of public attitudes to climate change found that over 60 percent support their governments making investments to address the… More…

Hagar seeks a CEO for the Hagar Social Enterprise Group

The HSEG CEO oversees and develops Hagar’s social enterprise investments, including establishing performance targets (social and financial), engaging in strategic business planning, and pursuing new social enterprise growth opportunities. The… More…

Climate Scoreboard – keep track of COP15

Here’s a clever idea. Sustainability Institute has launched the Climate Scoreboard, an online tool that allows anyone to track progress in the ongoing negotiations to produce an international climate treaty.… More…

The Road to Ecotopia

Spent the day at Cineforum’s ‘Road to Ecotopia’ event at the old St Luke’s office building, 22 Duke’s Road, just across the road from Euston Station. Much discussion of how… More…

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