How To Live Happily On Mars
A survival guide to an unknown world
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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Designing purpose in a world full of meaning
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The loving stone
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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
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,
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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Measuring values
There was a slight hesitation. The kind of hesitation that most people would miss. But it was there and it was real. It was based on long term fear, complexity and everyday desperation. Macro perspectives inhabited that micro second while time kept passing. For what it was worth, she knew
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Gold dust and female power Without hesitation she stood up and left the table where we had spent the last hour. I had a sober realisation and instantly knew I would never see her again. A scent of her perfume was still lingering when I reached over to take the
Mothership
All living things on earth are born by a mother. Yet, all living things are not always cared for, as asked by nature by a mother. To have the freedom and the possibility to imagine is linked to the paradox of a safe enclosure in relation to unpredictable territories. A
A tear on an elbow
There are moments in complete stillness where I feel truly alive. It’s strange, because recently I’ve felt them appear in the most unlikely places. One could imagine that stillness is something that arises when you walk along a sandy beach in early morning light. Birds surfing the calm
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Enjoying our last moments. What if 2022 is the year when scientists will tell us the 3 degree warming will be faster and more dramatic than first anticipated. What if they tell us humans have about 100 more years to live on this planet? The above imaginary statement could open