A. T.

"Abstract The present work contributes to bringing visibility to the part of social work that is referred to as unpaid work. This part of social work remains outside the market, but it is necessary to structure and maintain households, human relationships and communities and providing sustenance and care. It represents a flow of hidden subsidies to the economy mostly shaped, structured and experienced by women. Through an explorative case study in Catalonia, we relate the use of time in Catalan society with the relative consumption of energy. This research strategy allows us to see the dangers of substituting labour and skills from household-based production to the commodity-based economy in terms of an increase in energy demand in a context of the end of cheap oil. On the contrary, from a degrowth perspective we argue that the future adaptability might require policies reallocating resources towards the unpaid and the community. Keywords Time use analysis; Energy analysis; Paid work; Unpaid work; Societal metabolism; Catalonia; Degrowth" - A. T. from Bookmarklet

что-то где-то заклинило... - в зоопарке живет вомбат

картинки одинаковые, да, а так по идее разные линки, руками, ага - A. T.

"Abstract Can we choose whether to degrow? Sorman and Giampetro in this Special Issue argue that degrowth can only be forced upon us; it will never be the outcome of voluntary or collective choice. In this commentary, I argue instead that although sooner or later we will have to degrow because of bio-physical limitations, we still have a choice of how to do it. Constructing a positive vision of degrowth as an inspirational political project that mobilizes citizens, increases the likelihood of a “prosperous way down”. I agree with the authors that in an energy scarce world we will have to work more to maintain the same level of material affluence, but I contend that under conceivable conditions we might be equally happy with less work, less energy and less material affluence. A multi-scalar analysis of societal metabolism is essential for the evaluation of degrowth policies and trajectories. However, unlike what Sorman and Giampietro suggest, there is nothing in existing metabolic... more... - A. T. from Bookmarklet

"Abstract The belief that it is possible to have a perpetual “economic growth” based on fossil energy has been challenged since the 1970s. However, only in the last decade is this issue re-emerging once again because of the predicaments of climate change and peak oil. Many, finally start to perceive that an “economic degrowth” entailing a downscaling of the current size and pattern of socio-economic systems seem unavoidable. In this paper we analyze the implications, the feasibility and the desirability of possible trajectories of downscaling from an energetic perspective. The quantitative analysis is based on the methodological approach of societal metabolism, and it provides a dynamic accounting of the profile of energy flows required and consumed by societies in relation the expression of a given set of societal functions. This analysis makes it possible to check two types of constraints: external constraints (supply and sink side limits for the whole) and internal constraints (the... more... - A. T. from Bookmarklet

"Amazon plans to build a trio of 65,000-square foot glass domes in Seattle as parts of its new headquarters to take on Apple's plans for 'spaceship' headquarters in Silicon Valley, San Francisco. The domes will be filled with plants and have been dubbed 'biospheres'. All the plants will be chosen specifically to survive in the microclimate of the domes that has also been designed to be comfortable for Amazon employees to work in." - A. T. from Bookmarklet

"Abstract Degrowth should consider the right to work – a Job Guarantee (JG) – as a way of making a smaller economy more just and socially sustainable. Economic shrinkage in richer countries is accompanied by increased unemployment, a bad enough problem in itself but also a barrier to voters’ acceptance of the degrowth path. Since being out of work is distinct from being poor, anti-poverty income policies should be approached separately. The JG is one of several paths to full employment, including reduced working time. This essay only briefly mentions some real-world JG programs and some technical objections. The main suggestion is to move employment from being a matter of economics, particularly economic growth, to being a political right. A right to work is necessarily effective and would avoid sacrificing the ecological and social goals of degrowth on the altar of full employment. Keywords Degrowth; Unemployment; Job Guarantee; Employer of last resort; Right to work; Guaranteed income" - A. T. from Bookmarklet

"Abstract This paper aims to link two debates and literatures at the cutting edge of sustainable development research and governance: sustainable consumption and degrowth. Interestingly, these literatures have only recently started to exchange and integrate insights, despite their similar interest in the fundamental systemic challenges to sustainable development. The paper argues that this lack of connection is due to a predominance of perspectives in sustainable consumption governance that focus almost exclusively on questions of efficiency gains. This “weak sustainable consumption” governance, however, is not able to address the challenges to sustainable development arising from overconsumption in general or the rebound effect and distributive issues in particular. In contrast, a “strong sustainable consumption” perspective provides a basis for a promising inquiry into the linkages between consumption and sustainable development as well as a fruitful exchange with degrowth.... more... - A. T. from Bookmarklet

"Abstract The collection of articles reviewed in this editorial presents an eclectic sample of the best contributions from the Second international conference on degrowth, exemplifying recent debates in the field and touching on different aspects of the multi-dimensional transition at stake. Moving beyond theory and the construction of the degrowth proposal, the articles in this special issue look at particular applications, new methodologies and fresh policy options. For example, social enterprises are evaluated as primer candidates for a sustainable degrowth economy in the North. Lessons are also drawn from very different parts of the world, such as Cuba's experience with an oil and commodity shock, to which it adapted through the introduction of ecological labour-intensive agriculture in urban regions. This Special Issue approaches from a degrowth perspective important sectoral issues in agriculture, resource consumption and water. The unsustainable fuel-dependence of the Spanish... more... - A. T. from Bookmarklet

"Abstract Traditionally, energy balances in agrarian production have been used to calculate the impact of food on the Spanish economy in physical terms. However, this tool is clearly insufficient. Human diet has undergone significant changes in recent decades. Between production and consumption, previously non-existent or insignificant processes such as transportation, packaging, processing, distribution, preservation, etc. have come to the fore. This article aims to evaluate the energy cost of the Spanish agri-food (AFS) system in the year 2000 with a view to ascertaining the relative importance of each link in the agri-food chain. This information is essential when it comes to designing any strategy for sustainable de-growth. The results of this research show that feeding the Spanish population is an inefficient process: the Spanish AFS currently consumes 1408 PJ, while all of its residents combined consume only 190 PJ. Agrarian production is effectively the main source of this... more... - A. T. from Bookmarklet

"Abstract The aim of this paper is to look at alternatives to the classic for-profit shareholding enterprise and to suggest how such alternatives might be supported within the current economic system. Another aim is to link the social enterprise and degrowth discourses. We first re-define the economy as including non-monetised sectors (the core economy and the economy of nature) and discuss the liminal zone of not-for-profit and not-only-for profit organisations. We then look at social enterprise definitions from a degrowth perspective and explain why the dimensions of scale, place, environment and provisioning patterns need more space in the social enterprise discourse. After that, we define non-market capitals as capitals taken out of the market and placed under local/member/democratic control and explain their importance in a degrowth economy. We give examples of non-market capitals and suggest a model involving mutual support between primary and secondary social enterprises.... more... - A. T. from Bookmarklet

"Abstract This paper outlines a simple, aggregate, descriptive model of what is here termed a “whole economy”, covering all human involvement in the economy, from ultimate means or ecological sacrifices, to the ultimate ends of human satisfaction. The model embraces not only the formal “professional economy” driven by money, but also the parallel non-paid, voluntary economy, here termed “amateur economy”, driven by peoples’ affective motivations. The input of work to the economy plays an essential role in the paper’s analysis of options for reducing ecological sacrifices. Hence, part of the paper is devoted to a brief historical overview of the role of work, including turning points in the 1930s in the United States, when work sharing was displaced by work creation through consumerism, and, in the post-war economy when GDP became the dominant economic indicator. The paper proposes the aim of a happy and sustainable degrowth for affluent countries, implying the transfer of some... more... - A. T. from Bookmarklet

"Abstract After the collapse of the Communist Bloc in the 1990s Cuba experienced a severe economic crisis. In its drastic reduction in fuels, its negative economic growth data due to declining production and consumption rates and in its adaptations to shrinking resources and to local and labor-intensive production modes, this so-called Special Period had elements of an experiment in degrowth. Looking at economic, social and agricultural reactions to the crisis, this paper identifies a consistent commitment to social services, a shift in agricultural methods and a high level of social capital as main reasons for this outcome. Balancing this result with negative implications of the crisis, notably the lack of political freedom and of long-term sustainability, the paper seeks to draw lessons for future degrowth scenarios. Highlights ► The economic crisis in Cuba in the 1990s as case study for possible future transitions towards degrowth. ► Positive results: public health and human... more... - A. T. from Bookmarklet

Это ровно тот довод, в связи с которым я не комментирую фиды некоторых юзеров. Поворот в непредусмотернную сторону их расстраивает, даже если вполне по делу. Ну ладно, у каждого свои, эээ, когнитивные особенности. - 9000

@cangaroo Про экземпляры, это такой мой раздраженный эвфемизм, очевидно мне надо выдерживать паузу длиннее и давать эмоциям выйти, чтобы не было emotional charge в простом обсуждении темы, не требующей эмоциональных оттенков :) Извините :) - A. T.

отдельное спасибо нашей учительнице за ее нечеловеческое терпение наших заскоков и захцянок :) - A. T.

спасибо, пока еще рано, у нас цыплят <s>по осени</s> по сдаче YKI тестов считают :) - A. T.

Хм... а где фейк-то? - 50½ оттенков мурчания

Что сообщение о посадке проиллюстрировано дополетными фото, куда ни шло - журналистов могли не пустить, бакрежим и т.п.; но вот это "переходящее знамя" - позорище. А народ, как водится, безмолвствует: это же не Саша на Калине. - слегка мнясь

"One of the world’s largest search engine providers has announced plans to fast track construction of a server centre in Mäntsälä, in southern Finland. Yandex, also known as the “Russian Google” says Finland is an ideal location for a server hub, partly due to competitive energy prices." - A. T. from Bookmarklet

Нет, я был в Ярвенпяя, мне понравилось. - под удаленным п.

"About 30 posts per day" - тем временем змея Мамба уже давно на френдфиде ;) 246,743 comments ... - A. T. from Bookmarklet

"Turning to the electronic gaming industry, more and more foreign companies are interested in setting up branch offices in Helsinki. Finnish firms also employ many foreigners, with about one-third of workers at major gaming companies from abroad." - A. T. from Bookmarklet

"If Yahoo! succeeds in its attempt to acquire Tumblr, it will end up with one of the hottest Internet properties in today’s Web, with access to the coveted youth market and a foothold in mobile. It will also wind up with a whole lot of porn." - A. T. from Bookmarklet

fuuuuuuuuuuu... first it was Flickr... now Tumblr... :-/ - A. T.

"Во время прямой линии с президентом директор московского Государственного музея изобразительных искусств Ирина Антонова попросила Владимира Путина воссоздать Государственный музей нового западного искусства. ... Просим приостановить работу комиссии и не рассматривать поставленный госпожой Антоновой вопрос как заведомо абсурдный." - A. T. from Bookmarklet

Петиция | Оставьте импрессионистов в покое! - ҀҾѦ

slow morning - A. T. from Blip.fm

One of the great things about being a retired entrepreneur is that I get to give back to the community that helped me. I assembled this collection of free and almost free tools, class syllabi, presentations, books, lectures, videos in the hope that it can make your path as an entrepreneur or educator easier. Free: Startup [...] - thanks @eugene - A. T.

Годная, интересная лекция об опасностях для жизни на Земле мнимых и реальных; так сказать, о конце света для чайников. Доступно и с юмором. Ну и пару цитат: - слегка мнясь

А также термин «уярчание звезд» is a valid displayname! - слегка мнясь

"the problem is that huge amount of people **still** believe Skype works P2P way without long noses of any large corporation. so there is a need in certain amount of publicity for Microsoft activities to reduce privacy for sake of their corporate profit. Those who need might transition, and those who prefer to be in limelight can stay with Microsoft further." - A. T.

Да что там -- чатег у них вообще просто текстовый протокол завернутый в SSL. Ну да, иногда оно, конечно, решает пойти по хитрому пути. - в зоопарке живет вомбат