The homeless serve an important social purpose There’s a common perception that the homeless are to blame for their situation. They haven’t worked hard enough; they have the wrong attitude; they’re failures.…
Nothing is valued unless it can make money Every decade of the twentieth century was defined by a distinctive sound. Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry in the 1950s. The Beatles and Jimi…
The triple bottom line provides an illusion of change The Triple Bottom Line (TBL) was a term coined by John Elkington in 1994. The TBL is a “sustainability framework that examines a…
Economic incentives reward environmentally destructive behaviour The mayor of Manchester, Andy Burnham, recently posted a tweet comparing the cost of a return journey from Manchester, UK, to various destinations. Burnham found…
Consumerism is eating the world alive They live in million-dollar mansions, drive sports cars, and wear diamond-encrusted watches. They fly around the world in private jets, relax in lavish hotels, and only…
Automation has always been something to fear, but it should be something to celebrate During the nineteenth century, the Luddites, a radical group of textile workers, did all they could to…