January 2011
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Swedish City Hits an Impressive Target: No Fossil...
Image courtesy of GOOD
Kristianstad, Sweden, has pulled off an impressive feat. The city, and the surrounding area, with a total population of 80,000, uses virtually no oil, gas, or coal to heat its homes and businesses. (And Sweden isn’t a warm place in the winter.)
What do they use instead? “Potato peels, manure, used cooking oil, stale cookies and pig intestines,”...
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21 Hours - Why a shorter working week can help us...
An interesting document from the new economic foundation
A ‘normal’ working week of 21 hours could help to address a range of urgent, interlinked problems: overwork, unemployment, over-consumption, high carbon emissions, low well-being, entrenched inequalities, and the lack of time to live sustainably, to care for each other, and simply to enjoy life.
Read the document here
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