The slides of my latest speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hNi-7EjsH4#t=3580
were a bit washed out. I upload them here if anyone wanted to see clearer details.
The Global Predicament from Perspective of the Human SuperorganismNate Hagens
1. The document discusses how human society functions like a superorganism that is dependent on energy, particularly fossil fuels, to power economic growth.
2. It notes that while there is widespread recognition of issues like climate change, people do not discuss the real issues and there are myths around solutions.
3. The talk will cover energy basics, how human behavior is shaped by the evolutionary need to access resources, and implications for a future with declining net energy.
Energy and Technology - From Lens of the SuperorganismNate Hagens
This document discusses how energy, technology, money, and humans function as a superorganism. It begins with an introduction and framework, then covers some basics about energy and the economy, including how energy underpins natural systems and human economies, and how fossil fuels underpin modern economies. It discusses how industrialization resulted from massive inputs of low-cost fossil labor. It then discusses how humans and modern culture can be viewed as a superorganism that self-organizes to access energy gradients, similar to organisms in nature. It concludes with implications of this perspective.
Energy and Technology - From Lens of the SuperorganismNate Hagens
The document discusses how modern human culture functions as a superorganism driven by energy demands. It describes how energy underpins both natural systems and human economies. Fossil fuels in particular have allowed for industrialization and massive increases in productivity through cheap energy inputs. However, the easy sources of fossil fuels are declining and we are having to resort to more complex means like debt, monetary policy and new technologies to continue growing total energy consumption. This global human superorganism behaves more like a single-celled organism, pursuing energy needs in a simple, non-strategic way without real consideration of long term sustainability.
Case studies unit 2-people and the planetMrs Coles
This document outlines the structure and content covered in a unit on people and the planet. It is divided into 7 sections that cover topics such as population dynamics, consuming resources, globalization, development dilemmas, changing economies, urban environments, and sustainability strategies. Some key places, theories, and case studies mentioned include the one child policy in China, wind power in the Outer Hebrides, global institutions like the IMF and WTO, Rostow's model of development, contrasting regions in the UK, strategies to reduce London's ecological footprint, and examples of self-help schemes in cities like Rio de Janeiro.
Slides of talk presented at various forums on occasion of the 40th anniversary of the launching of Limits to Growth, the first report to the Club of Rome published in 1972. This book was one of the earliest scholarly works to recognize that the world was fast approaching its sustainable limits. Forty years later, the planet continues to face many of the same economic, social, and environmental challenges as when the book was first published.
The document provides an overview and synopsis of the book "Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update". It summarizes the book's conclusions that humanity is dangerously overshooting Earth's limits due to continued population and economic growth over the last 30 years. While some progress was made, the rate of resource consumption and pollution generation has exceeded what is sustainable. The document also briefly describes the World3 computer model used in the book to simulate long-term global trends and limits to growth.
The Global Predicament from Perspective of the Human SuperorganismNate Hagens
1. The document discusses how human society functions like a superorganism that is dependent on energy, particularly fossil fuels, to power economic growth.
2. It notes that while there is widespread recognition of issues like climate change, people do not discuss the real issues and there are myths around solutions.
3. The talk will cover energy basics, how human behavior is shaped by the evolutionary need to access resources, and implications for a future with declining net energy.
Energy and Technology - From Lens of the SuperorganismNate Hagens
This document discusses how energy, technology, money, and humans function as a superorganism. It begins with an introduction and framework, then covers some basics about energy and the economy, including how energy underpins natural systems and human economies, and how fossil fuels underpin modern economies. It discusses how industrialization resulted from massive inputs of low-cost fossil labor. It then discusses how humans and modern culture can be viewed as a superorganism that self-organizes to access energy gradients, similar to organisms in nature. It concludes with implications of this perspective.
Energy and Technology - From Lens of the SuperorganismNate Hagens
The document discusses how modern human culture functions as a superorganism driven by energy demands. It describes how energy underpins both natural systems and human economies. Fossil fuels in particular have allowed for industrialization and massive increases in productivity through cheap energy inputs. However, the easy sources of fossil fuels are declining and we are having to resort to more complex means like debt, monetary policy and new technologies to continue growing total energy consumption. This global human superorganism behaves more like a single-celled organism, pursuing energy needs in a simple, non-strategic way without real consideration of long term sustainability.
Case studies unit 2-people and the planetMrs Coles
This document outlines the structure and content covered in a unit on people and the planet. It is divided into 7 sections that cover topics such as population dynamics, consuming resources, globalization, development dilemmas, changing economies, urban environments, and sustainability strategies. Some key places, theories, and case studies mentioned include the one child policy in China, wind power in the Outer Hebrides, global institutions like the IMF and WTO, Rostow's model of development, contrasting regions in the UK, strategies to reduce London's ecological footprint, and examples of self-help schemes in cities like Rio de Janeiro.
Slides of talk presented at various forums on occasion of the 40th anniversary of the launching of Limits to Growth, the first report to the Club of Rome published in 1972. This book was one of the earliest scholarly works to recognize that the world was fast approaching its sustainable limits. Forty years later, the planet continues to face many of the same economic, social, and environmental challenges as when the book was first published.
The document provides an overview and synopsis of the book "Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update". It summarizes the book's conclusions that humanity is dangerously overshooting Earth's limits due to continued population and economic growth over the last 30 years. While some progress was made, the rate of resource consumption and pollution generation has exceeded what is sustainable. The document also briefly describes the World3 computer model used in the book to simulate long-term global trends and limits to growth.
This document summarizes a speech given by Prof. Yehuda Kahane on the occasion of the insurance industry signing the Principles for Sustainable Insurance treaty with the UN. The speech discusses how exponential growth in areas like population, resource consumption, and environmental damage have created a "perfect storm" that threatens humanity. Kahane argues the insurance industry, through financial leverage tools like the new treaty, can help lead the world to a more sustainable path by decoupling economic growth from environmental impacts.
What purpose do the economy, energy, or environment serve?Anupam Saraph
Address to the Pune International Centre Conference on:
Energy, Environment and Economic Growth: Emerging Challenges on 22-23 January 2021
Are we addicted to the economy? Have we forgotten it is the environment that gives life, not the economy? Do we recognize that energy, green or otherwise, will not protect the planet, or create reverence for the sacred, or care and respect for the community of life?
The document is an agenda for a presentation on estimating the value of natural resources. It will include an overview of ecological economics, the global ecological footprint, methods for estimating ecosystem value, and an group activity to evaluate estimation methods with an example. It also discusses definitions and perceptions of sustainability, challenges related to population growth and resource use, and objectives of ecological economics around sustainable scale, efficient allocation, and just distribution.
17 limits to growth of human populationsPuneet Gupta
The document discusses several topics related to limits on human population growth and ecological footprints, including:
1) Calculating ecological footprints can quantify the environmental demands of human populations. Developed countries typically have much larger footprints than developing countries.
2) Technology, affluence, and population size all contribute to a population's environmental impact. Reducing waste, reusing materials, recycling, and improving efficiency can help reduce footprints.
3) Policies around development, education, family planning and economic growth can influence population dynamics and waste generation. Environmental impact assessments also aim to evaluate development projects' effects on the environment.
From Limits to Growth to the Growth of Limits: responsibilities of highly and...Global Risk Forum GRFDavos
GRF One Health Summit 2012, Davos: Presentation by Bron Raymond TAYLOR, University of Florida (USA) & Rachel Carson Center (Munich), United States of America
The document summarizes a discussion from a Stockholm futurists meetup about the concepts of "abundance" and "limits to growth". It outlines Peter Diamandis' view of an abundant future driven by exponential technology versus Paul Gilding's argument for "The Great Disruption" due to planetary limits. The two perspectives map to Jim Dator's "continuation" and "collapse" generic futures. The discussion explores which view to trust given different scientists' assumptions, how values may shift from growth to sufficiency, and whether new technologies appear cool or creepy.
This document discusses the concept of human capital and its central role in sustainability. It argues that human capital, including knowledge, skills, social networks, and cultural values, is the primary determinant of how all other forms of capital (natural, financial, technological) are utilized. The development of human consciousness and capabilities through education is thus seen as critical for long-term sustainability, as human choices shape resource use and innovation.
How Integration of Systems Will Bring Concrete Benefits to the Earth and to M...Stephen Lee
Presentation made to the Hong Kong Bio- and Eco-Energy Industry Assocation, Dec 14, 2011. The world is at an uncertain divide, with the East on the rise and the West on the decline. Excesses of capitalism, and escalating costs of social benefits brought imbalances to the world, potentially pitching the young generation against the old. Will the vision of a green planet be shattered because it is unaffordable and too much of an economic burden on mankind? It is more imperative than ever that efforts to clean up the planet be based on the idea of integrating, automating and optimizing past systems which were operated in isolation from one another. New and concrete benefits will be turned up by innovative ways to explore synergistic relationships among proximate systems and to optimize their joint operation. An example can be found in bringing together systems of waste treatment, electricity production, and steam or heat production. However, real benefits must exceed real costs before the world will remain committed to the path of a green planet.
The 2012 National Landcare Conference brought together over 900 people involved in the Landcare movement across Australia and internationally. Keynote speakers including David Suzuki and Tim Flannery gave inspiring talks on environmental issues. Many presentations focused on using social media to promote Landcare's message and the successes of the Victorian Landcare program. Conference attendees found the farmer-led research presentations and displays on controlling weeds and soil health most memorable. The gala dinner celebrated the National Landcare Award winners and was attended by notable Australians like Bob Hawke and Jack Thompson.
Challenges fronting in 21 st century for the sustainable enlargement in AfricaIJSRED
The document discusses several challenges facing sustainable development in the 21st century in Africa. The first challenge is the contradiction between human activities and the environment as population growth, consumption, and economic development place increasing stress on limited natural resources. A second challenge is the conflict between local interests and global common goals, as different countries and groups prioritize their own benefits over worldwide cooperation needed to address issues like climate change. A third challenge is the competition inherent in market economies can encourage monopolization of resources and excessive consumption by some at the expense of others' basic needs and environmental protection.
Resource Depletion, Human Behavior and Fiat Economic System - An Overviewtheoildrum.com
This document provides an umbrella overview of factors influencing resource depletion and human behavior from an interdisciplinary perspective. It discusses how demand is driven by relative fitness, habituation to novelty, steep discount rates, cognitive load, and self-deception, while supply is impacted by energy quantity and quality, non-energy inputs, externalities, and time. Human behavior is best understood through an evolutionary lens, as the brain regions that evolved earlier to ensure survival in times of scarcity can override rational decision making. Steep discount rates, habituation, and addiction are barriers to behavioral change that developed to maximize evolutionary fitness but now clash with long-term sustainability.
The document summarizes experiments examining the effect of serum and serum replacement deprivation on cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. In the first experiment, cells were cultured in medium containing 20% fetal calf serum or 20% serum replacement, then serum replacement was reduced to various levels. Reduction to 0% or 1% serum replacement led to decreased cell index after 24-36 hours. In the second experiment, cells were cultured in medium containing varying levels of fetal calf serum after initial culture in 20% FCS medium. Depriving cells of FCS by reducing it to 0% or 1% also led to decreased cell index after 24 hours. Subsequent experiments stimulated cells in varying conditions with phenylephrine and endothelin-1 to examine the response under serum
This document summarizes six art pieces submitted for a scholarship. The pieces include an oil painting of an elephant herd depicting family life, a nature mask inspired by a garden with ladybug, carrot, leaf, and flower details, a collaborative three-dimensional piece of a zebra still in progress, a colored pencil drawing highlighting the beauty of a butterfly, a drawing of a bear near the artist's teacher's studio chosen as subject, and a three-dimensional seahorse sculpture inspired by the ocean with sea turtles, waves, seaweed mane, and fish eyes.
Students in a business ethics class were tasked with creating social good without financial resources. They presented on various projects they worked on, including: setting up intramural soccer; conducting walkability surveys to promote health; collecting food donations for a local food bank; organizing a blood drive that collected multiple donations; fostering cats at an animal shelter which led to adoptions; and giving a presentation on drug dangers to elementary school students. The presentations showed how students were able to make positive impacts in their community through volunteer work and raising awareness on important issues.
This document discusses key infrastructure elements for cloud computing. It describes the evolution of cloud computing from earlier technologies like grid computing. The document outlines an architecture framework for a dynamic data center that leverages virtualization and infrastructure management technologies. It provides examples of how cloud infrastructures have been used for innovation, software development, and data-intensive workloads.
This portfolio review summarizes Ellen Rodgers' artworks from 2005-2010. It includes 14 pieces in various mediums such as oil painting, clay sculpture, collaborative installation, drawing with colored pencils, watercolor, woodworking, and printmaking. The pieces depict subjects such as elephants, masks, hair, butterflies, people, bears, boxes, sea horses, peppers, flamingos, cats, and games that were inspired by Rodgers' interests, assignments, travels, and surroundings.
This document discusses arc flash hazards in the workplace. It defines what an arc flash is, noting that it is a dangerous condition caused by the rapid release of energy from an electric arc. Arc flashes present serious risks of injury from burns, flying debris, and blasts of hot air and vapor. The document recommends performing arc flash studies to calculate potential hazards at electrical equipment and establish safety procedures and personal protective equipment requirements to protect workers. The goal of an arc flash study is to identify hazards and help employees avoid exposure through training and adherence to safety practices.
This document summarizes a speech given by Prof. Yehuda Kahane on the occasion of the insurance industry signing the Principles for Sustainable Insurance treaty with the UN. The speech discusses how exponential growth in areas like population, resource consumption, and environmental damage have created a "perfect storm" that threatens humanity. Kahane argues the insurance industry, through financial leverage tools like the new treaty, can help lead the world to a more sustainable path by decoupling economic growth from environmental impacts.
What purpose do the economy, energy, or environment serve?Anupam Saraph
Address to the Pune International Centre Conference on:
Energy, Environment and Economic Growth: Emerging Challenges on 22-23 January 2021
Are we addicted to the economy? Have we forgotten it is the environment that gives life, not the economy? Do we recognize that energy, green or otherwise, will not protect the planet, or create reverence for the sacred, or care and respect for the community of life?
The document is an agenda for a presentation on estimating the value of natural resources. It will include an overview of ecological economics, the global ecological footprint, methods for estimating ecosystem value, and an group activity to evaluate estimation methods with an example. It also discusses definitions and perceptions of sustainability, challenges related to population growth and resource use, and objectives of ecological economics around sustainable scale, efficient allocation, and just distribution.
17 limits to growth of human populationsPuneet Gupta
The document discusses several topics related to limits on human population growth and ecological footprints, including:
1) Calculating ecological footprints can quantify the environmental demands of human populations. Developed countries typically have much larger footprints than developing countries.
2) Technology, affluence, and population size all contribute to a population's environmental impact. Reducing waste, reusing materials, recycling, and improving efficiency can help reduce footprints.
3) Policies around development, education, family planning and economic growth can influence population dynamics and waste generation. Environmental impact assessments also aim to evaluate development projects' effects on the environment.
From Limits to Growth to the Growth of Limits: responsibilities of highly and...Global Risk Forum GRFDavos
GRF One Health Summit 2012, Davos: Presentation by Bron Raymond TAYLOR, University of Florida (USA) & Rachel Carson Center (Munich), United States of America
The document summarizes a discussion from a Stockholm futurists meetup about the concepts of "abundance" and "limits to growth". It outlines Peter Diamandis' view of an abundant future driven by exponential technology versus Paul Gilding's argument for "The Great Disruption" due to planetary limits. The two perspectives map to Jim Dator's "continuation" and "collapse" generic futures. The discussion explores which view to trust given different scientists' assumptions, how values may shift from growth to sufficiency, and whether new technologies appear cool or creepy.
This document discusses the concept of human capital and its central role in sustainability. It argues that human capital, including knowledge, skills, social networks, and cultural values, is the primary determinant of how all other forms of capital (natural, financial, technological) are utilized. The development of human consciousness and capabilities through education is thus seen as critical for long-term sustainability, as human choices shape resource use and innovation.
How Integration of Systems Will Bring Concrete Benefits to the Earth and to M...Stephen Lee
Presentation made to the Hong Kong Bio- and Eco-Energy Industry Assocation, Dec 14, 2011. The world is at an uncertain divide, with the East on the rise and the West on the decline. Excesses of capitalism, and escalating costs of social benefits brought imbalances to the world, potentially pitching the young generation against the old. Will the vision of a green planet be shattered because it is unaffordable and too much of an economic burden on mankind? It is more imperative than ever that efforts to clean up the planet be based on the idea of integrating, automating and optimizing past systems which were operated in isolation from one another. New and concrete benefits will be turned up by innovative ways to explore synergistic relationships among proximate systems and to optimize their joint operation. An example can be found in bringing together systems of waste treatment, electricity production, and steam or heat production. However, real benefits must exceed real costs before the world will remain committed to the path of a green planet.
The 2012 National Landcare Conference brought together over 900 people involved in the Landcare movement across Australia and internationally. Keynote speakers including David Suzuki and Tim Flannery gave inspiring talks on environmental issues. Many presentations focused on using social media to promote Landcare's message and the successes of the Victorian Landcare program. Conference attendees found the farmer-led research presentations and displays on controlling weeds and soil health most memorable. The gala dinner celebrated the National Landcare Award winners and was attended by notable Australians like Bob Hawke and Jack Thompson.
Challenges fronting in 21 st century for the sustainable enlargement in AfricaIJSRED
The document discusses several challenges facing sustainable development in the 21st century in Africa. The first challenge is the contradiction between human activities and the environment as population growth, consumption, and economic development place increasing stress on limited natural resources. A second challenge is the conflict between local interests and global common goals, as different countries and groups prioritize their own benefits over worldwide cooperation needed to address issues like climate change. A third challenge is the competition inherent in market economies can encourage monopolization of resources and excessive consumption by some at the expense of others' basic needs and environmental protection.
Resource Depletion, Human Behavior and Fiat Economic System - An Overviewtheoildrum.com
This document provides an umbrella overview of factors influencing resource depletion and human behavior from an interdisciplinary perspective. It discusses how demand is driven by relative fitness, habituation to novelty, steep discount rates, cognitive load, and self-deception, while supply is impacted by energy quantity and quality, non-energy inputs, externalities, and time. Human behavior is best understood through an evolutionary lens, as the brain regions that evolved earlier to ensure survival in times of scarcity can override rational decision making. Steep discount rates, habituation, and addiction are barriers to behavioral change that developed to maximize evolutionary fitness but now clash with long-term sustainability.
The document summarizes experiments examining the effect of serum and serum replacement deprivation on cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. In the first experiment, cells were cultured in medium containing 20% fetal calf serum or 20% serum replacement, then serum replacement was reduced to various levels. Reduction to 0% or 1% serum replacement led to decreased cell index after 24-36 hours. In the second experiment, cells were cultured in medium containing varying levels of fetal calf serum after initial culture in 20% FCS medium. Depriving cells of FCS by reducing it to 0% or 1% also led to decreased cell index after 24 hours. Subsequent experiments stimulated cells in varying conditions with phenylephrine and endothelin-1 to examine the response under serum
This document summarizes six art pieces submitted for a scholarship. The pieces include an oil painting of an elephant herd depicting family life, a nature mask inspired by a garden with ladybug, carrot, leaf, and flower details, a collaborative three-dimensional piece of a zebra still in progress, a colored pencil drawing highlighting the beauty of a butterfly, a drawing of a bear near the artist's teacher's studio chosen as subject, and a three-dimensional seahorse sculpture inspired by the ocean with sea turtles, waves, seaweed mane, and fish eyes.
Students in a business ethics class were tasked with creating social good without financial resources. They presented on various projects they worked on, including: setting up intramural soccer; conducting walkability surveys to promote health; collecting food donations for a local food bank; organizing a blood drive that collected multiple donations; fostering cats at an animal shelter which led to adoptions; and giving a presentation on drug dangers to elementary school students. The presentations showed how students were able to make positive impacts in their community through volunteer work and raising awareness on important issues.
This document discusses key infrastructure elements for cloud computing. It describes the evolution of cloud computing from earlier technologies like grid computing. The document outlines an architecture framework for a dynamic data center that leverages virtualization and infrastructure management technologies. It provides examples of how cloud infrastructures have been used for innovation, software development, and data-intensive workloads.
This portfolio review summarizes Ellen Rodgers' artworks from 2005-2010. It includes 14 pieces in various mediums such as oil painting, clay sculpture, collaborative installation, drawing with colored pencils, watercolor, woodworking, and printmaking. The pieces depict subjects such as elephants, masks, hair, butterflies, people, bears, boxes, sea horses, peppers, flamingos, cats, and games that were inspired by Rodgers' interests, assignments, travels, and surroundings.
This document discusses arc flash hazards in the workplace. It defines what an arc flash is, noting that it is a dangerous condition caused by the rapid release of energy from an electric arc. Arc flashes present serious risks of injury from burns, flying debris, and blasts of hot air and vapor. The document recommends performing arc flash studies to calculate potential hazards at electrical equipment and establish safety procedures and personal protective equipment requirements to protect workers. The goal of an arc flash study is to identify hazards and help employees avoid exposure through training and adherence to safety practices.
Ib Ms Vision For A Dynamic Infrastructuresimonarden
The document discusses IBM's vision for a Dynamic Infrastructure and what it means for CIOs. It outlines several issues driving the need for data center transformation, including rising costs and complexity that prevent quick innovation. It also explains how new technologies are driving exponential growth in data. IBM believes this calls for a recentralized approach to IT service delivery with more efficient computing that better aligns IT with business goals and allows organizations to take advantage of new opportunities.
Social Adjustment of Widows in Rivers State of NigeriaWilliam Kritsonis
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Project Case Briefs - Freedom of Religion - Due Process - Freedom of Express...William Kritsonis
This case involved a challenge to a school district's policy of including prayers led by clergy at middle school graduation ceremonies. A rabbi was invited to deliver prayers at a graduation ceremony according to the school district's guidelines. A student's father sued, arguing this violated the Establishment Clause. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that including clergy-led prayers at public school graduations is unconstitutional, as it places public school students in a position of participating in a state-sponsored religious exercise. While the government can acknowledge religion, it cannot coerce participation in religious activities. This established limits on prayer and religious exercises in public schools.
2015 - Images of JULY -July 16 - July 23vinhbinh2010
The document provides images and captions from July 16-17, 2015. Some of the key events summarized are:
1) Images from Ukraine show memorials for victims of MH17 plane crash. 2) Photos from around the world show Muslims breaking their fast for Ramadan. 3) Pictures capture protests in Greece over austerity measures and wildfires near Athens.
The document summarizes 5 cases from the Texas Commissioner of Education involving teacher employment disputes.
Case 1 involved a teacher who was terminated for failing to provide his teaching certificate. The appeal was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
Case 2 involved a teacher with no valid certificate whose contract was ruled void.
Case 3 involved assessing penalties against the wrong party, and was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
Case 4 involved a teacher who was not given proper grievance procedures, and the case was remanded back to provide those procedures.
Case 5 involved a teacher terminated for classroom discipline issues, and the termination was upheld.
Dr. Nate Hagens - Feeding the World in the 21st Century- A Wide Boundary Pers...John Blue
Feeding the World in the 21st Century- A Wide Boundary Perspective - Dr. Nate Hagens, University of Minnesota, from the 2014 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, September 15-16, 2014, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
More presentations at http://www.swinecast.com/2014-leman-swine-conference-material
The document summarizes a presentation about understanding and anticipating change. It discusses how change occurs at different levels and rates, and from external and internal sources. Examples of disruptive changes from the past are provided. The presentation also covers topics like globalization, energy and environmental challenges, emerging technologies, and growing government obligations. It argues that learning and adapting to change will be critical for navigating uncertainty in the future.
The document discusses some of the major problems facing humanity, including declining planetary health and resources, as well as increasing wealth inequality. It introduces permaculture as an approach to meeting human needs while improving ecological and social conditions through strategies like ecosystem mimicry and conscious design of resilient local economies. The history and global spread of permaculture techniques are also briefly outlined.
Opportunities and limits to the “Vote with your wallet” theories of sustaining a consumer-led green movement. The use of anthropological inquiry to understand gaps between what consumers say they want and how they behave.
Peter Brown, Economics without Ecocide: the case for degrowth and the challen...fdmillar
The document discusses the need to move away from unlimited economic growth and instead embrace degrowth. It argues that continued growth is unsustainable given planetary boundaries and does not improve well-being. A new framework is needed that redefines economics, finance, and governance based on our scientific understanding of the world as a complex, evolving system. Higher education must also be restructured to integrate this perspective and promote sustainability.
Sustainability means maintaining a balance between people, planet, and profit to support the well-being of all. Sustainable practices include empowering marginalized communities and using renewable energies like solar and wind. The document discusses sustainable practices observed in coastal communities and notes that many resources are being used faster than their replacement rates. It proposes a Green New Deal to transition to 100% clean energy by 2030 and create jobs in sustainable industries. Youth leadership projects in Hawaii and Rhode Island aim to provide sustainable resources and jobs. Sustainable careers in fields like renewable technicians and urban farming are expected to grow significantly in coming years.
The International Synthesis Consortium presentation at the conference 'Our common future under climate change' held in Paris from July 7-10, 2015.
Our Common Future @ClimatParis2015
http://www.commonfuture-paris2015.org/
Ldb Permacultura_Kent evidence for action pc rd 2013 blaboratoridalbasso
The document discusses various perspectives on industrialization and modern economies. It argues that industrialism has been destructive to the natural environment and human communities. One quote suggests industrialization treats people as resources to be used up, while another says it has "sucked the humanity" out of humans. The document calls for diversified, small-scale land economies that value people and are less destructive. It also discusses how viewing nature as having no economic value has incentivized its degradation. Overall, the summary criticizes industrialism for being environmentally destructive and dehumanizing while calling for alternative economic models.
The programs would consist of 10 sessions over 3 months, with groups divided by age. They would be led by a coordinator and involve hands-on learning about plants, animals, and environmental issues. The goals are to increase awareness of climate change and conservation among children so they can educate others. Evaluations would assess knowledge gained and the programs' ability to encourage environmentally friendly behavior. The budget requests funding for coordinator and staff salaries, workbooks, first aid kits, and other materials.
This document discusses the fragility and importance of Earth as humanity's home. It describes Earth as alone in space, sustaining life through delicate systems powered by immense energies. Though wayward and unpredictable, Earth nourishes, enlivens and enriches us greatly. The authors argue that given Earth's precious role in supporting all life, it is worth protecting with love and care.
1. The document discusses Plentitude Fundamentals by Juliet Schor which outlines 4 concepts: a new allocation of time with less industrial work and more time for social relations and work outside traditional economies; self-provisioning through making, growing, or doing things for oneself including new forms of technology-enabled making; true materialism which takes material resources seriously to appreciate and preserve them; and restoring investments in communities and social bonds.
2. It also mentions permaculture design certification and discusses sustainability and the sustainability revolution through presentations by Lawrence Gamble and topics like signs of spring, renewable energy progress, and electric transportation examples.
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Compexity and Climate: Crash in the World's Food SupplyPaul H. Carr
MIT professor Jay Forrester developed system dynamics, which analyzes complex social systems. He suggested counterintuitive solutions often fail with complex systems as causes and effects can be distant in time and space. Forrester and others like Dennis Meadows predicted issues like food shortages, which Meadows now expects could crash by 2030 due to climate change impacts disrupting agriculture. System dynamics examines unintuitive behaviors to better address root problems versus surface symptoms.
5 Reasons To Teach Children To Write The Inspiration EditNicole Hodges
The document discusses different systems of power portrayed in the book Watership Down, including warrens where power derives from titles, intelligence, and strength. Several warrens led by different leaders are described, such as the Sandleford warren which is ruled by those with a title, and the Efrafa warren where power comes from physical strength. Overall, the book explores themes of leadership, authority, and the various ways power can be attained and exercised within a group.
The document discusses how Christianity has increasingly relied on science to support its views in the 20th-21st centuries. It examines how Christianity has employed scientific research into concepts like distant intercessory prayer (IP). The document reviews several scientific studies on the effects of IP that have produced mixed results, with some finding benefits but inability to consistently demonstrate effects across measures. This has led some Christian thinkers to believe IP is still beneficial but that study designs were flawed in how they framed and measured IP.
The document discusses the unsustainable rate at which humans are exploiting Earth's natural resources and outlines the consequences if changes are not made. It notes that 75% of natural ecosystems have been degraded, 50% of forests cleared, and 25% of species face extinction by 2050. The world's population and economy are projected to continue growing dramatically, requiring twice as many resources as the planet can replenish by 2050. If current trends continue, issues like food shortages, water scarcity, and mass migration will intensify. Industrialized nations created these problems and must lead efforts to address sustainability by rethinking energy, infrastructure, production and lifestyles.
This presentation takes a practical look at recent trends in the world and analyze whether the world is getting better or worse. We will look at trends in democracy, human rights and freedoms, economic growth and inequality, environmental degradation and climate change, human health, population, and governance, among others. If we have time, we may also explore the role of the media in shaping our perceptions of progress and ideas about the future.
This document discusses humanity's relationship with planetary boundaries and social equity. It argues that current models of economic development are unsustainable and inequitable, as they rely on excessive consumption, waste, and put pressure on planetary systems. It calls for rethinking economic metrics to consider environmental and social impacts, ensuring the needs of all people are met without compromising the Earth's life-supporting systems. New frameworks are needed to guide development within a "safe and just space" for humanity that allows long-term thriving within planetary boundaries. All parts of society, including governments, economists, companies and individuals, have a role to play in navigating to more sustainable and equitable models.
The document discusses the results of a performance assessment using the BARS (Behaviorally
Anchored Rating Scales) method, indicating that the quality of work was rated a 3 out of 5,
organizational commitment was rated a 2 out of 5, and professional knowledge was rated the
highest at a 4 out of 5. Overall the assessment found the employee's performance to be above
standard in quality of work and professional knowledge but suggested organizational commitment
could be improved.
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5. OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• First Principles
– Energy
– Money/economics
– Human behavior
• Synthesis: the present and the future
• What to do?
– What am I doing
– What can you be doing?
– What can Minnesota be doing?
16. Wait son. There are plenty
of energy and resources and
they get cheaper over time.
More money and more
technology will access all the
energy we need.
17.
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20.
21.
22.
23. Yes but the US is going to be
the new Saudi Arabia. Bakken
Shale, etc – we literally have
hundreds of years of fossil
fuels in the ground.
28. OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• First Principles
– Energy
–Money/finance
– Human behavior
• Synthesis: the present and the future
• What to do?
– What am I doing
– What can you be doing?
– What can Minnesota be doing?
29.
30.
31.
32. Excuse me sir. Economics
textbooks clearly state
that banks only act as
intermediaries…
35. 35 How many GDP$ for each $ of new debt?
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0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
1.00
1.20
1954
1956
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2002
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GDPgrowthper$ofnewnon-financialdebt(nominal)
U.S. sustainability of new debt (3-year moving average)
actual debt sustainability minimum
minimum requirement for long term sustainable credit growth
Private and public sector debt growth (without financial sector) Sources: U.S. Federal Reserve, BEA, IIER calculations
Debt sustainability acts as a measure of the long-term viability of debt and
compares economic growth vs. non-financial credit volume growth
China
Brazil, India
Europe
39. OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• First Principles
– Energy
– Money/economics
–Human behavior
• Synthesis: the present and the future
• What to do?
– What am I doing
– What can you be doing?
– What can Minnesota be doing?
40.
41.
42.
43. BEHAVIOR IS BEST UNDERSTOOD THROUGH THE LENS OF EVOLUTION
FROM MACLEAN: THE TRIUNE BRAIN
HOMO SAPIENS
EVOLVED AMIDST
SCARCITY
Graphic Credit: Dr. Peter Whybrow – UCLA – Author of “American Mania”
44. Optimally, our brain regions work in
concert. But the older the brain part,
the more potential it has to trump our
behaviour
58. IS BIGGER BETTER?
• Would you prefer a 4,000
sq ft house in a
neighborhood of 6,000 sq
ft houses?
• Or would you prefer a
3,000 sq ft house in a
neighborhood of 2,000 sq
ft houses?
• (Prof Robert Frank)
70. The whole problem with the world is
that fools and fanatics are always so
certain of themselves, and
wiser people so full of doubts.
--- Bertrand Russell
71.
72.
73.
74. Homo oecinomicus is self-
interested and super-
rational. Otherwise micro-
economics wouldn’t make
sense.
85. “What took place in the early 1500s was truly exceptional, something
that had never happened before and never will again. Two cultural
experiments, running in isolation for 15,000 years or more, at last
came face to face. Amazingly, after all that time, each could recognize
the other’s institutions. When Cortés landed in Mexico he found roads,
canals, cities, palaces, schools, law courts, markets, irrigation works,
kings, priests, temples, peasants, artisans, armies, astronomers,
merchants, sports, theatre, art, music, and books. High civilization,
differing in detail but alike in essentials, had evolved independently on
both sides of the earth.”
Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress (2004, 50-51)
89. "Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups
beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary.“
D.S. Wilson and E.O. Wilson
90. 1. We value the present disproportionately more than the
future via steep discount rates.
2. We easily become distracted by and habituated to
readily available novelty.
3. Via natural selection, we are programmed to compete
for RELATIVE status (and resources) by whatever metric
our current environment dictates.
4. Cognitive biases. –Our brains are like swiss army knives
5. We are not sentient or sapient in aggregate but
follow the momentum of the ‘hive’.
DEMAND OVERVIEW
94. OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• First Principles
– Energy
– Money/finance
– Human behavior
• Synthesis: the present and the future
• What to do?
– What am I doing
– What can you be doing?
– What can Minnesota be doing?
96. Credit: Adapted from Richard Feely (NOAA), Pieter Tans, NOAA/ESRL (www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends) and Ralph
Keeling, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (scrippsco2.ucsd.edu)
97.
98. Source: Stuart Staniford: EarlyWarn
“A central finding of WGIII is that growth of income has been
the largest single driver of emissions.”
Victor, Science July 2014.
99.
100. US Going it alone?
Kintisch – Science July 2014
124. Australia could slash its carbon emissions
to zero by 2050 and still experience
average economic growth of 2.4% a year,
according to a UN-backed study.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/10/zero-
carbon
Natural gas claimed as a bridge
to clean energy future
Neonicotinoids blamed for colony
collapse disorder.
Etc.
137. 1) Money is marker for energy
1) For most people growth is already over.
3) No shortage of energy but longage of expectations.
4) Biology determines what we need, culture determines how
we get it.
5) A lower consumption, more local and regional future.
6) What sort of a future do we want? What are we willing to
give up?
7) On some key risks ‘seeing a smoking gun’ will be too late
Conclusions
138. OVERVIEW
• Introduction
• First Principles
– Energy
– Money/finance
– Human behavior
• Synthesis: the present and the future
• What to do?
– What am I doing
– What can you be doing?
– What can Minnesota be doing?
159. "Biological Basis of the Stress Response" by James P. Henry, Integrative Physiological and
Behavioral Science, January-March, 1992, volume 27, Number 1, pages 66-83
162. What to Do?
Embrace Life
Assert control
Think/act in terms of real capital
Take back language
163.
164.
165. What to Do?
Embrace Life
Assert control
Learn something new, learn something old
Think/act in terms of real capital
Take back language
166.
167. What to Do?
Embrace Life
Give Something Up
Assert control
Learn something new, learn something old
Think/act in terms of real capital
Take back language
168.
169.
170. What to Do?
Know thy reptile
Embrace Life
Give Something Up
Assert control
Learn something new, learn something old
Think/act in terms of real capital
Take back language
176. What to Do?
Know your reptile
Embrace Life
Give Something Up
Assert control
Learn something new, learn something old
Buy solar, but not only as supply
Think/act in terms of real capital
Take back language
179. What to Do?
Know your reptile
Embrace Life
Give Something Up
Assert control
Learn something new, learn something old
Buy solar, but not only as supply
Think/act in terms of real capital
Personally Divest
Take back language
180.
181. What to Do?
Know your reptile
Embrace Life
Give Something Up
Assert control
Learn something new, learn something old
Buy solar, but not only as supply
Choose your tribe
Think/act in terms of real capital
Personally Divest
Take back language
182.
183. Sociopaths driving train – all we can do is find a car w the right people we want to travel with
184. What to Do?
Know your reptile
Be Prosocial
Embrace Life
Give Something Up
Assert control
Learn something new, learn something old
Buy solar, but not only as supply
Choose your tribe
Think/act in terms of real capital
Personally Divest
Take back language
185.
186. What to Do?
Know your reptile
Be Prosocial
Embrace Life
Give Something Up
Assert control
Learn something new, learn something old
Like yourself
Buy solar, but not only as supply
Choose your tribe
Think/act in terms of real capital
Personally Divest
Take back language
187.
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191.
192.
193. Dear Myself,
I don’t know when or where or
how I will have to act, but I will
not accept dead oceans and
ecosystems,
etc……………………………………………
………………………………………………
………………..When the moment
comes, count me in.
Sincerely