I think it’s safe to tell you what’s going on, now. Enough of the elements are firmly in place. We’re setting up a small-holding in West Lexham, Norfolk, on 2 acres of land. We will be suppling food to, and helping out with the development of, the new sustainability centre which is being developed there, [...]
The UK currently exports 131,000 tonnes of chewing gum to Spain, only to import 125,000 tonnes back again. We send 3,300 tonnes of cuddly toys to New Zealand, only to bring another 2,400 tonnes back again. One person in the US will, by 4am in the morning of 2nd January, have been responsible for the [...]
The four steps, when used in “self-expression” mode, work like this: To observe without evaluation, judgment, or analysis, To express feelings which these observations evoke, To express needs connected with these feelings, (optional) To make a specific request of another person to help meet an unmet need, and to enrich life of everyone involved. Essential [...]
Thou Shalt Not Simply Trot Out thy Usual Shtick Thou Shalt Dream a Great Dream, or Show Forth a Wondrous New Thing, Or Share Something Thou Hast Never Shared Before Thou Shalt Reveal thy Curiosity and Thy Passion Thou Shalt Tell a Story Thou Shalt Freely Comment on the Utterances of Other Speakers for the [...]
If changes tend to happen as large paradigm shifts, then does trying to transition simply slow things down? When jumping to a new paradigm, does the new model have to be widely known before the jump, or simply known by enough people? If the existence of the old model – one which has proven to [...]
Mottainai is a Japanese term meaning “a sense of regret concerning waste when the intrinsic value of an object or resource is not properly utilized.” The expression “Mottainai!” can be uttered alone as an exclamation when something useful, such as food or time, is wasted. In addition to its primary sense of “wasteful,” the word [...]
There have been lots of coincidences, serendipity, and small-world moments during these last few weeks. Exactly a week, almost to the hour, after the end of our experience chez Jimmy’s Farm, I was helping a farmer friend with a little challenge: There is a field with some cows in it. We have some hurdles. We [...]
The world is melting. Guess what you need: The only words I can think of which would fully express my disappointment would be a hex to melt all consumers of bottled water within 2 miles of a tap. Alas, I don’t know any. Maybe the benzene will get them.
The Art of Starting Make meaning Ask women Get going The Art of Positioning Seize the high ground Make it personal Niche thyself The Art of Pitching Explain in the first minute Answer the little man 10 slides Title Problem Solution Business model Underlying magic Marketing and sales Competition Team Projections Status and timeline 20 [...]
EDF is not green, it’s not British. And it spends £20m on marketing Green Britain day which is more than its annual spend on investing in new green energy (source). It operates 8 nuclear power stations in the UK It is the world’s largest corporate producer of toxic nuclear waste behind the US and Canada [...]
