Dialogues on Sustainability, Leadership and Resilience

January 2011 Blog Posts (5)

YES WE CAN! But let's not....

Added by Stephen Hinton on January 31, 2011 at 3:28pm — 1 Comment

A caterpillar crunches its way through its ecosystem, cutting a swath of destruction by eating as much as hundreds of times its weight in a day, until it is too bloated to continue and hangs itself up, its skin then hardening into a chrysalis. Inside this chrysalis, deep in the caterpillar’s body, tiny things biologists call ‘imaginal disks’ begin to form. Not recognizing the…

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Added by Christer Soderberg on January 27, 2011 at 1:30pm — 3 Comments

Introduction to The Creativist Society & Launch of Creativist Online Bookclub

In representation of Open World Café I've had the privilege of coming across Olivia Sprinkel and Arnold Beekes, two very inspiring individuals! Olivia is the author of "The Creativist Manifesto" (66.03.CreativistManifesto.pdf) and Arnold has helped her set up the Creativist Society Website.

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Added by Christiana Söderberg on January 21, 2011 at 9:44pm — No Comments

Your Eco-village: coming back HOME?

Reading a recent post on Rob Hopkin's blog-Transition Culture - I was struck by how readers commented on the feeling - and importance of - finding your home. One person had heard stories of the Isle of Skye in Scotland from his mother but never visited. When he went there with her… Continue

Added by Stephen Hinton on January 7, 2011 at 12:09pm — No Comments

BETTER WORLD - BAFUT MUNICIPAL COUNCIL PARTNERSHIP ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION & MITIGATION

FOOD:

BAFUT

AGRO PASTORAL SHOW PROMOTES INDIGENOUS CROPS TO SOLVE AFRICA’S

FOOD CRISES

Cameroon is on the threshold of the food security era. The Mayor of Bafut Council and Better World Cameroon NGO are leading the way to linking food production to climate change mitigation and adaptation.…

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Added by Joshua Konkankoh on January 1, 2011 at 3:58pm — 1 Comment