the ecology of happiness
Open Ground
Unconferencing Rio+20, Really Changing Things
Normally, I reserve the personal for my blog “at home in… w| Gerald Zhang-Schmidt“, but allow me… I was one of those precocious kids discussing the environment on TV and at conferences just around the time the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development – the Rio ’92 “Earth Summit” – took place. I had [...]
Hacking Sustainable Cultures?
Can you cheat yourself to change where it really matters? When Tim Ferriss promises a Four-Hour Workweek, when Ramit Sethi promises to teach you to be rich, their ideas often seem to fit into the whole attitude of wanting to gain as much as possible with as little effort as possible. There is at least some method [...]
Open Discussion: Making a Living in Sustainability?
It is a strange situation. On the one hand, lots of companies do something about sustainability, CSR, and the like; governments talk about looking not only at GDP but also happiness or other measures; discussions on how the future may be and how to achieve a better future are all around. On the other hand, even [...]
