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Finding the courage to live by our values

inezaponte — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 22:09:11 +0000

Increasingly, I am finding myself in conversations I could only have dreamt of when I first became aware of the link between the economy and the climate crisis,…

You are brilliant. The earth is hiring

inezaponte — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 19:22:17 +0000

This planet came with a set of instructions, but we seem to have misplaced them. Important rules like don't poison the water, soil, or air, don't let the earth get overcrowded, and don't touch the thermostat have been broken. Buckminster Fuller said that spaceship earth was so ingeniously designed that no one has a clue that we are on one, flying through the universe at a million miles per hour, with no need for seatbelts, lots of room in coach, and really good food—but all that is changing.

Communities as hothouses for regenerative culture – part 4

inezaponte — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 13:34:13 +0000

This is Part 4 of a 4 Part series of Chapter Five in New Economy, New Systems published by GoodWorks, an imprint of the Schumacher Institute. Read Part…

communities as hothouses for regenerative culture – part 3

inezaponte — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 13:33:44 +0000

Capitalism has created a cycle of scarcity that cripples our capacity for systemic change making. It is imperative that we break this cycle of scarcity in order to support the work we need to do to heal both the exterior damage (on the planet, humans and other species) and the interior damage (historical and current trauma). This will allow us to move from a paradigm of dominance and control to one of partnership and trust, transforming both our concept of ourselves and our ways of working from homo economicus to homo reciprocans.

Communities as hothouses for regenerative culture – part 2

inezaponte — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 13:32:00 +0000

Regenerative Space is a key component of any attempts to build Regenerative Culture. In order for us to adequately meet our fundamental needs we need access to the earth and her gifts, either directly by accessing the land or indirectly by accessing the means through which we can exchange our time for the products of the earth. For the sake of this argument Regenerative Space consists of two elements: Place and Time.

Communities as hothouses for regenerative culture – part 1

inezaponte — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 21:37:30 +0000

This is Part 1 of a 4 Part series of Chapter Five in New Economy, New Systems published by GoodWorks, an imprint of the Schumacher Institute. You can…

New Economy, New Systems: Radical Responses to our Sustainability Crisis – book

inezaponte — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 11:01:58 +0000

The book is for all of us who know that we need to change the economy in response to our worsening ecological and social crises. The authors are all fellows of the Schumacher Institute whose purpose is to assist in developing ‘sustainable systems’.

Alone in a sea of marshmallows

inezaponte — Tue, 17 May 2022 15:31:04 +0000

Understanding and challenging the attention economy In a letter to Joë Bousquet, the French philosopher Simone Weil wrote, “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity”. At…

Would you rather…?

inezaponte — Sat, 30 Oct 2021 14:19:15 +0000

Another day, another climate talk – Part 2 It’s 3.45 in the morning and I’m awake. Outside I can hear the rain, the incessant rain. Was it the…

Musings on a soufflé dish or Why Capitalism has no space for love

inezaponte — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 23:03:55 +0000

This Christmas holiday I plan to make a soufflé. Not just any old soufflé, but what is probably the best pudding I have ever eaten, which was made…