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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.

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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.

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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…

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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…

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From Dismal Science to Language of Beauty

inezaponte — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 11:47:47 +0000

Towards a New Story of Economics Humans are storytelling beings. In fact one could argue that it is impossible to make sense of the world without story. Storytelling…

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Bridging the divide

inezaponte — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:14:45 +0000

“We can’t change anything until we get some fresh ideas, until we begin to see things differently. My goal is to create a therapy of ideas, to try…

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