Tag Archives: sustainable
Why are we still using GDP?
For more than 70 years our economic system has been using Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as the yardstick measurement of our economy. This yardstick measures only economic activity. It was meant to help reduce poverty using “trickle down” economics. But … Continue reading
Change and Transition
It’s time to move beyond economic growth when assessing economic progress. It has outlived its usefulness. We need to re-balance social, ecological and economic values. We need to promote broad welfare and inclusion instead. We are in a deep recession … Continue reading
GWPF Report Predicts No Global Warming By Ignoring Main Cause of Global Warming
What’s the easiest way to show the world isn’t warming? Simple: ignore the rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels. This is what the latest non-peer reviewed report released by Lord Lawson’s climate science denying … Continue reading
Greedco – increasing profits everyday!
Supermarkets like Greedco have a tight grip on the European grocery market and we like to make the most of our buying power! We rely on something called the “climate of fear” – suppliers have no choice but to meet … Continue reading
Delivering Hydro Power
Clean, green and discrete, small scale hydro electric schemes have been an important source of power for more than 150 years. There is every chance that hydro schemes developed toady will still be operational into the next century. This gives … Continue reading
International Year Of – Sustainable Energy For All
The United Nations declares a “year” to be an International Year of… several things. 2012 has already been declared a Year Of Co-operatives and has subsequently declared 2012 to also be the Year Of – Sustainable Energy For All. The … Continue reading
Ask the Executive to puts its money where its mouth is
The Scottish Executive will shortly be putting forward its proposals for the Scottish Parliamentary Budget. Now is the time to put pressure on them to ensure that measures to implement Scotland’s Climate Change Act are fully funded. The Scottish Executive … Continue reading
Government fails to get tough on Excess Packaging
The average family spends £470 each year just on packaging for goods they purchase. There is the cost of disposing of it – as well as paying our local Councils to collect our rubbish, we’re now paying extra for whatever isn’t … Continue reading
Despite recession carbon emissions continue to grow
A recent article in the Guardian Weekly has highlighted that despite there being a recession in some parts of the world recently, the volume of carbon emissions went up last year not down. It has been expected that carbon emissions … Continue reading
Sustainable Economy or Economic Growth – part two
Various surveys suggest that while economic growth has more than tripled in countries like the UK and U.S. since 1950, data regarding life satisfaction reveal that people have not become any happier. Happiness and life satisfaction apparently increase with income, … Continue reading
