Tag Archives: sustainability

Planet Under Pressure: Understanding the Anthropocene

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Garry Peterson

The above video on the Anthropocene was created for the Planet Under Pressure global change and sustainability conference in London, UK, which starts today, March 26th, and continues to the 29th. The movie is: A 3-minute journey through the last … Continue reading →

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Faculty position in sustainability at MIT’s Sloan School

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Garry Peterson

It seems to be job season. John Sterman writes about a faculty position in sustainability at the Sloan School of Management at MIT. He writes: The MIT Sloan School of Management invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in sustainability, … Continue reading →

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Visualising sustainability

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Garry Peterson

Computing for Sustainability has a fascinating collection of conceptual diagrams of sustainability.  The collection includes over 250 images. Its a diverse set including everything from Herman Daly’s vision of the economy (#1), the MA’s ecosystem service framework (#168), panarchy (#175), … Continue reading →

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Resilience: the Next Big Thing in Foreign Policy

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Garry Peterson

Jamais Cascio, who is really writing a lot on resilience these days, writes in Foreign Policy magazine The Next Big Thing: Resilience.  He provides a good summary introduction to resilience, using definitions very similar to those we use in the … Continue reading →

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Books on global sustainability

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Garry Peterson

From the New Scientist, reviews of twelve recent books on consumption and sustainability: Common Wealth: Economics for a crowded planet Ecological Economics and Sustainable Development The Dominant Animal: Human evolution and the environment The Bridge at the Edge of the … Continue reading →

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Well-Being vs. Wealth (3) – Inclusive Wealth

Posted on July 13, 2005 by Garry Peterson

This is the third of three posts on Well-Being vs. Wealth (see 1 & 2) Partha Dasgupta recently co-authored a paper in the Journal of Economic Perspectives with a number of well know ecologists and economists (Arrow et al 2004. … Continue reading →

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