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Seeking Sustainability

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 …

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Inside Drucker's Brain

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 …

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Bruce Lansdale Memorial Part 4

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 …

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Feeding People is Easy Part 6

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 …

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Feeding People is Easy Part 5

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 …

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Sekem Part 2

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 …

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Sekem Part 1

In Sekem: A Sustainable Community in the Egyptian Desert by Ibrahim Abouleish, we learn that: In 1977 the Sekem initiative was established with the setting up of agriculture, and over the years there followed commercial businesses, education centres and medical centres to complete the venture. Now Sekem has spread throughout Egypt. Many people, hearing about …

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Feeding People is Easy Part 4

Book review In Part 4 of Feeding People is Easy, Colin Tudge points out that: “No society throughout history has regarded its agriculture simply as a business. Always people at large and the powers-that-be have felt that farming is in various ways special.” “Although farmers have commonly worked within a general atmosphere of free trade, …

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Feeding People is Easy Part 3

Book review In Part 3 of Feeding People is Easy, Colin Tudge points out that: “Industrialized farming makes maximum use of mechanical power and industrial chemistry; and although industrial farming is the Johnny-come-lately, it is already commonly called ‘conventional farming’. It is conventional only insofar as it makes use of western methods, and is geared …

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