The following essay explores the meaning of money inspired by Modern Monetary Theory [1] and its relevance regarding ecological crises, especially the climate crisis. 1. Assumptions Money consists of statements about human behaviour in the future. The value of money depends on the shared belief of a group of humans. The shared belief is created…
“We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet. ” [1, also 2] Stephen Hawking In my opinion “stupidity” is largely caused by “flock behaviour” which defines as smart what the majority of the peer group…
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1. Introduction Civil rights movements (“grassroots”) focusing, for example, on ecological justice, racial justice, or economic justice have usually little budget available to organize public protests. Visual messages, eg posters and banners, and audible messages are key elements at public protests. While I am presenting tutorials to create visuals elsewhere [1], I want to propose…
Die Bundesumweltministerin und Leiterin der 1. Weltklimakonferenz (COP1, Berlin) Angela Merkel kannte den Bericht des WBGU (1995) [1] wahrscheinlich in- und auswendig, dh Kanzlerin Merkel weiß seit 1995 Jahren, dass im Jahr 2020 ein kritischer Punkt (möglicherweise point of no return) erreicht wird. “Die Fortsetzung der gegenwärtigen Emissionspraxis (Business as Usual) würde uns zwar noch…
I used the website #ShowYourStripes [¹] to create a localized “Warming Stripes” plot showing the temperatures changes in Uppsala from 1773 to 2019. The plots are based on data from the website “Climate Lab Book” [2]. I then used the high-quality image (png-format, 300dpi) to design a tie (classical design, 90mm width) using the website…
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