Book review Alvin Toffler wrote The Third Wave in 1980. He told us that: “A powerful tide is surging across much of the world today, creating a new environment in which businessmen swim against highly erratic economic currents; politicians see their ratings bob wildly up and down; universities, hospitals, and other institutions battle desperately against …
Book Review In Part 3 of Seeking Sustainability in an Age of Complexity Graham Harris tells us that: “Slowly but surely communities and governments are insisting on the balancing of multiple capitals in landscapes and waterscapes. Other values in addition to profit are being added to the list of desirable properties.” “Agriculture is being balanced …
SEEKING SUSTAINABILITY IN AN AGE OF COMPLEXITY GRAHAM HARRIS CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2007 PART II Chapter 2: Complexity and Complex Systems Chapter 3: New Science, New Tools, New Challenges Chapter 4: The Complexity of Ecology Chapter 5: The Generation of Complexity Chapter 6: Micro-interactions and Macro-constraints Chapter 7: A sense of Place Chapter 8: Created …
Book review In Seeking Sustainability in an Age of Complexity Graham Harris explains why sustainability is hard and why ‘collapse’ can occur. In the last 20 years the theory of complexity has been developed – complex systems science (CSS) speaks to natural systems and particularly to ecological, social and economic systems and their interaction. Due …
Book review INSIDE DRUCKER’S BRAIN JEFFREY A. KRAMES Portfolio 2008 Introduction: In Search of Drucker Although Drucker had written three dozen books on business and society, I thought a definitive book on Drucker had not yet been written; one that would showcase his most important management philosophies and signature strategies, and how they are as …
THE END OF POVERTY HOW WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE TIME JEFFREY SACHS PENGUIN BOOKS 2005 PART III Chapter Two: The Spread of Economic Prosperity The move from universal poverty to varying degrees of prosperity has happened rapidly in the span of human history. Life was as difficult in much of …
AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL BRUCE LANSDALE MEMORIAL PART IV BRUCE AND TAD: THE BEGINNING AT THE AMERICAN FARM SCHOOL A review of MY METAMORPHOSIS A TAPESTRY OF PEOPLE, PLACES AND EVENTS ELIZABETH LANSDALE ENARETOS PRESS 2007 info@afs.edu.gr www,afs.edu.gr PART II Chapter 9: Dual Challenges, the Farm School and Thessaloniki: 1950s Fitting into the Greek scene took …
Book review In Part 6 of Feeding People is Easy, Colin Tudge points out that: “Poor countries are hopelessly trapped. The World Trade Organisation which is supposed to provide a level playing field for all is in reality controlled by the richest governments which in turn are beholden to corporates. On the other hand, if …
Book review In Part 5 of Feeding People is Easy, Colin Tudge points out that: “Economic growth – rise in GDP – has become the prime index not simply of “progress” but of “development”: an even grander concept. Traditional farms do not make as much money as factories and call-centres and sweatshops may do and …
SEKEM A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY IN THE EGYPTIAN DESERT IBRAHIM ABOULEISH FLORIS BOOKS 2004 PART II Chapter 2: Return to Egypt (Cont.) My heart tries to understand I continued to work with anthroposophy and became acquainted with its practical applications in many areas of life. I repeatedly found life changing solutions presenting themselves after intense …
