I came across two phrases while reading about the effects of the health crisis on the future of work: “… lightweight, personalised, distributed, and resilient…” [re. organisational attributes; also topical for individuals] “… building trust, valuing human skills, supporting mental and physical well-being, managing workloads, and having work spaces that encourage collaboration and creativity …” […]
To act or not to act
Playing my part to minimise the possible repercussions of easing lockdown, I’ve been looking further into the socio-economic choices we all have going forwards: business-as-usual or the ‘new normal’ or even something more extreme? I came across an essay by Charles Eisenstein called ‘Making the Universe Great Again.’ He writes about how and with what […]
A drop in food
The Heli-view in our food series… As more go hungry and malnutrition persists, achieving Zero Hunger by 2030 in doubt, UN May 2020 report warns. More people are going hungry, an annual study by the Food & Agriculture Organisation has found. Tens of millions have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five […]
Saying grace
One of PET’s directors sent me an email last month. To it was appended some fascinating information re. the food chain and its impact on Life on Earth. Resonating thoughts touched on the themes of ‘interrelatedness‘ and ‘fasting as a biological form of spiritual grace.’ I’d like to share two of these resources with you. […]
Not another “change” blog
Healthy & Joyful greetings to you! I’d like to share the following (and a video) from a blog I receive: A new humanity is being born. After ten thousand years of a domination system, we are moving inexorably toward a global society built on love. As Charles Eisenstein puts it, we have the opportunity to […]
Food for (climate) thought
As lockdown is being loosened and we refill the social and economic vacuum, here’s some food for thought on going back to our (new?) normal routines and choices. There is plenty of evidence that climate change is already affecting our food system. Imports of avocados, coffee and courgettes have already been squeezed, and UK farming […]
Crisis & social change
I read an interesting article today on the subject of 危机 or Wéijī, which we Westerners like to translate as “crisis” and “opportunity.” In his conclusion Govert van Ginkel confronts us with some pretty fundamental questions — not about the ‘how’ of the current crisis but — about our willingness to invest the extra quality-time […]
