Earthbuilding
The building by Thomas Pijnenborgh & friends of two sustainable earth lodges from scratch, autumn 2008. The slideshow on Ecolutie
Auteur: Frank van Empel en Caro Sicking
The essence of banking
Conventional banks are outdated. They don’t deliver what they were created for: trust and cheap money to make the world a better place to live in. They failed. So let’s skip the banks and...
Hef Nederland op en heet het Buitenland welkom
In de dialectiek van Hegel hebben links en rechts een eigen rol. Links laat zich echter willoos meezuigen in de maalstroom naar rechts. Met als gevolg dat de geschiedenis op hol slaat en de...
Still living in a fossil world
Everybody is talking about renewables. It is a sexy topic. Driving on solar, living on wind. If you like illusionism, stop reading immediately. By Frank van Empel This is not about illusions but about...
Meltdown Nightmares
Meltdown. The word revives memories of Jane Fonda, back in 1979, the year of the Second Oil-crisis. Nuclear power seems to be one of the most promising energy alternatives to oil. An alternative with...
Battlefields of Today: Take 5 No more refugees
The fifth take of the Battlefields of Today: Environmental Refugees. A deleted scene from JES! Towards a Joint Effort Society.
Anders kijken – essay over nieuwe dorpen
Anders Kijken is in december 2005 verschenen als inspiratie document voor een werkatelier dat de Provincie Noord Brabant en InnovatieNetwerk Groene Ruimte en Agrocluster organiseerden. Het essay, geschreven door Frank van Empel, is bedoeld...
Enter the future, cowboy!
Some people just don’t get it: sus-tai-na-ble de-ve-lop-ment. ‘Nonsense! No development can go on forever,’ they say. ‘There is a limit to the carrying capacity of the Earth. World population and the economy have...
Battlefields of today: take 3 The challenge is now
The fourth take of the battlefields of today. A deleted scene from JES! Towards a joint effort society. Was pre-published on this website.
Blind Eye For The Long Run
Politicians and businessmen have one handicap in common. They both are focused on the short term. They may have reason for that, but by short track thinking nothing is going to change. By Frank...