‘British supermarket chain Tesco wants all fresh produce, meat and dairy it sells to be environmentally accredited and audited by third parties from 2025, including that which comes from New Zealand farmers.’ stuff.co.nz/business/farming…
For the second year running I'll be joining a ritual around the Rauhnächte, a special time of midwinter in which the nights are thought to be thin and full of possibilities collectivetransitions.com/tw…
Everyone is returning to normal, except for the millions of people who didn’t make it and the millions more whose health doesn’t allow them to dial back precautions. Everything that did come back is tinged with loss and haunted by ghosts. theatlantic.com/family/archi…
HOW BIG ARE THE PROFIT MARGINS IN FASHION? 🧵
Someone recently made a TikTok about the Brick Watch Company debacle, and one of the channel's viewers asked how this is any different from other luxury companies making things for pennies and selling them for thousands.
Absolutely love this! The Well-being of Future Generations Act, which Wales is putting into law and practice, is something many countries could follow.
What Wales is doing today, the world will do tomorrow.
We are the only country in the world with a law to protect the interests of our children and future generations.
On #WorldFuturesDay, share this video and comment 'We're in on the Act!' 🏴❤️
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How amazing not only to watch the @BlackFerns win, but to see such a stellar team, hearing waiata and all the encouragement for each other, their opponents and the game—all that with small babes on their hip after the game.
Making peace with being uncomfortable and immersed in not-knowing is one of the skills all of us need to be good at to constructively deal with what's coming at us. This sounds like an awesome intervention.
Join us for 90 mins of not knowing.
Explore the regenerative potential of uncertainty.
Witness the magic of listening to others unknowingness.
Experience a space free from solutions & fixing.
The times are calling for more wisdom and less cleverness👇
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A few words about decoupling of CO2 emissions from GDP. Lots of people are sharing this plot as evidence that economic growth is universally compatible with emissions reductions. And let's be clear: emissions reductions here are real AND good news. However ...
Thinking back to the time a group of amazing and principled folks try to buy (and failed) to buy a controlling stake in Twitter with the view to turn it into a @platformcoop. If only...
"...customers spent $181 million in the repurposed parking spaces in the summer of 2021. The same spaces would have generated $3.7-million in parking revenue..."
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For those interested in the equity side of Aotearoa's Covid-19 response, this event might be up your alley! Starts tomorrow, runs until Friday.
manakonui.co.nz/
Slowly, slowly making my way through this gem of a book. Highlight from today: In the sacred time of ritual, people can connect with all previous experiences the group has had, or will have in the future. Thanks @billymatheson for all your years of mahi that's gone into this.
Investing in #ActiveTravel infrastructure isn't just good for the environment✅ Research has found that walking and cycling brings significant benefits to the economy, including a boost in retail spend on local high streets and an increase in productivity at work 👇
ALT Graphic with the following stats: High street walking, cycling & public realm improvements can increase retail sales by up to 30%. Cycle parking delivers 5 times the retail spend per square metre than the same area of car parking. 73% of employees who cycle feel it makes them more productive at work. Over a month, people who walk to the high street spend up to 40% more than those who drive to the high street. Graphic adapted from Walking and Cycling: the economic benefits, Transport for London. Data from Lawlor (2013), Raje and Saffery (2016), TfL (2013) and The Prince's Responsible Business Network (2013).
"You deserve to be free of the demons that shit on your life every day. You deserve to wake up and feel OK with and about yourself. And if at any time you do not, get help." adliterate.com/2022/10/im-no…