How To Live Happily On Mars

A survival guide to an unknown world

An ode to imagination

A story of the collaborative strategy for the new primary school in Tomelilla, Sweden, based on Doughnut Economics. Time is interesting. It’s now been just over a year since I handed in the proposal for a strategy for the new school in Tomelilla. I had by then, been working

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Systems

Designing purpose in a world full of meaning

It’s not easy to start writing a text nowadays. I’m annoyingly teased by artificial intelligence - “come use me, I’m free!” But I just as annoyingly refuse. The heavily perfected style, the skilfully constructed paragraphs and clear conceptual layouts. AI knows how to do that with great

Stories

The loving stone

If I were to tell you a story about a loving stone, would you believe me? I mean, it sounds a bit weird. But if you’re willing to listen, by the end of this tale, you might realise that love is to be found where you least expect it.

Personal

The planet that kills children

I don’t want to live on a planet that kills children. I even play with the thought of leaving. But where would I go? I can’t say I’m super keen on hanging out on Mars with Elon and all his ex-wives. The moon seems to be a

Systems

Who can afford to be critical?

To criticise is not simply to oppose. It is to care, to question and to imagine otherwise. It is a human act of complexity, a gesture of engagement with the world around us. Criticism can be deeply personal shaped by identity, story and experience. But it can also be collective,

Systems

we ARE systems

Lecture @ Investor Day - Katapult Future Fest 2024 I stand here, as a human being. Not as a business owner, an architect, writer or a researcher. But as a human. And with the concept of being human, the concept of living, comes the familiar existential question - why do we

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Mothering

Women leaders outperform

“Findings suggest that female leadership contributes to the promotion and implementation of environmental and social practices through several characteristics intrinsic to their nature, such as the ability to emphasize and listen and the predisposition to sharing and collaboration.” Like many other countries at the moment, Sweden is on a forceful

Systems

A letter

A letter read to the audience at ‘The Conference’ in Malmö, August 2023 Dear audience, Dear fellow living beings, I try those words in my mouth and they feel profound, almost pristine - ’living beings’. We rarely think of ourselves as living, we tend to think of ourselves as more

Architecture

Triangle of Sadness

As I write this I am sitting in a beautiful garden overlooking a large magnolia tree. One persistent flower is still hanging on to its branch although the season is long over. Hordes of swallows are playfully cruising the blue sky, chatting to each other about insects and life, I

Economy

Ownership

The Dilemma of the Mug What are our belongings and what does it mean to own them? From a superficial perspective, belongings are things or objects someone has found, made, bought, or been given. They are connected to us and we have legal rights to possess and do almost whatever

Economy

A moment in time

“What kind of growth would you like today? Angela Merkel suggested ‘sustained growth’. David Cameron proposed ‘balanced growth’. Barack Obama favoured ‘long-term, lasting growth’. Europe’s José Manuel Barroso was backing ‘smart, sustainable, inclusive, resilient growth’. The World Bank promised ‘inclusive green growth’. Other flavours on offer? Perhaps you’d

Architecture

The killing of public joy

We are standing in front of a massive challenge; we need to shift the way we co-live with our planet. We have collected theories, thoughts and suggestions about how to do this over the last decades, and there has been a massive push forward on discussing and raising awareness of