Category Archives: sustainability

DailyGood: The Power of Story

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Makere

By Linda Marsa. I stare out the window from my tiny flat on the 300th floor, hermetically sealed in a soaring, climate-controlled high-rise, honeycombed with hundreds of dwellings just like mine, and survey the breathtaking vistas from my lofty perch … Continue reading →

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A Kiwi EVenture – From the Cape to Bluff by Electric Car: Guest Blogger Deano: Pōhutukawa, Pou Whenua and Power – Wairua to Ōpōtiki

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Makere

A Kiwi EVenture – From the Cape to Bluff by Electric Car: Guest Blogger Deano: Pōhutukawa, Pou Whenua and Power – Wairua to Ōpōtiki.

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Six strategies for creating system change for a sustainable future | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Makere

Six strategies for creating system change for a sustainable future | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian.

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Re-imagining Capitalism: Love and Compassion in Economics | People-Centered Economic Development

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Makere

In 1999, a conversation about the Ignorance and Want allegory from Dickens Christmas Carol began a business relationship that would last until my correspondents death. He was working at the time in Russia on a concept that hed written a … Continue reading →

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Chris Hedges: The Power of Imagination – Truthdig

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Makere

Those in the premodern world who hoarded possessions and refused to redistribute supplies and food, who turned their backs on the weak and the sick, who lived exclusively for hedonism and their own power, were despised. Those in modern society … Continue reading →

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Local food entrepreneurs take on Big Food in Australia | Guardian Sustainable Business | Guardian Professional

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Makere

Local food entrepreneurs take on Big Food in Australia | Guardian Sustainable Business | Guardian Professional.

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Hope Is What We Become in Action, by Center for Ecoliteracy

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Makere

I love to quote the dear, now deceased, Hermann Scheer, the great German environmental leader, who reminded people that the sun provides us 15,000 times the daily dose of energy compared to what we\’re currently using in fossil fuel. Hit … Continue reading →

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