The regeneration economy is the next big thing in sustainability – except it is out to replace the whole idea of sustainability altogether. It argues that sustainability is a limited concept because a. you can’t sustain what you have already destroyed b. to keep on doing what were already doing isn’t going to solve our … Continue reading the regeneration economy
conservation enterprise
A conservation enterprise is a business established and run for the purpose of environmental and cultural conservation. It differs from a social enterprise because social enterprises usually have social outcomes as their goals, tending to employ disadvantaged people or sell a product that benefits disadvantaged people. My writing here explores the rationale for the approach, … Continue reading conservation enterprise
tropical culture
The idea of tropicalism was to use cultural analysis to uncover what we and our places have in common with each other – the values of the tropics if you like. Through building linkages across the tropics, we can learn what works and adapt it to our places. The idea of the ‘tropics” was created … Continue reading tropical culture
tropicalism 