Archive for category Sustainable life

Take clean-tech one step further: A self-sufficient life style

What is cleantech? Cleantech in the narrow sense includes green technologies like:

Renewable energy (solar, wind, geothermal, biofuels)
Green buildings
Energy efficient and low emission transportation
Biomaterials like bioplastic
Water filtration

With cleantech in the narrow sense one still means manmade technologies. For example solar panels, photovoltaic (PV) modules, high efficiency heat pumps and so on. The forerunners of cleantech industries [...]

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Improving well-being through mind manipulation: Motorboats versus sailboats

The bottom line of this article is very simple: “Make the most of what you already have”. Nothing new, nothing extraordinary, just what the common sense says.
You may see on the left side the famous five-level hierarchy of needs from Maslow. This hierarchy is after 1990s further extended to include transcendence, helping others to actualize [...]

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Difference between neoclassical and ecological economics

Assume you are living in a small village located at the shore of a beautiful lake. Your village’s main source of sustenance is fishery. You, like your fellow villagers, live a simple but happy life. You don’t have luxury cars, high-end music sets or swimming pools, but you have your close friends and relatives, and [...]

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