My dear friend Joan Davis passed away on Monday, 11 January, 2016. She was a unique and inspirational person, a top scientist who also believed strongly in the spiritual dimension of human life, the "non-quantifiable variables" as she liked to say. Her extraordinary life is being remembered, in English and German, on a special website … Continue reading Seven Pieces of Joan – and a Song about Water
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New Single: “We Love the SDGs”
I am happy to announce the release of my new single, “We Love the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)”, on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and all major streaming services. Video coming soon. Produced in Stockholm with Andreas Bauman, with Torbjörn ”Tobbe” Fall on guitar, Ulric Johansson on bass, and Magnus Fritz on percussion — many thanks, guys! … Continue reading New Single: “We Love the SDGs”
An Open Letter to Future Generations
Dear Future Generations, I’m sure this is obvious to you — you can see things better than we can, in hindsight. But I want to report to you that we are living through a time of dramatic change. Historic change. The kind of moment where everything seems to be balanced on a knife edge, and … Continue reading An Open Letter to Future Generations
The “Nobel Prize” in Sustainable Development goes to …
I'm sitting on a train, on my way home from moderating the Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development, one of the world's top prizes in the field (I call it Sweden's Sustainability Nobel Prize), awarded this year to Jeremy Leggett, Peter Hennicke, and Beate Weber-Schuerholz, three pioneers who were ahead of their time in starting the … Continue reading The “Nobel Prize” in Sustainable Development goes to …
Coming Soon: An SDG Song
If you have visited this blog recently, you may have noticed a password-protected page marked with a "Preview" sign, and titled with the phrase "We Love the SDGs". That's the title of my new single. Yes, a song about the SDGs. And to make it even more interesting: it is highly dance-able. When will this … Continue reading Coming Soon: An SDG Song
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The Economics Nobel: Should there be one?
The so-called "Nobel Prize" in economics (note that it is actually *not* a Nobel in the same way as the science, literature, and peace prizes) has awakened more than the usual amount of criticism this year. This Guardian article captures some of the usual complaints, quite well. The writer suggests a broadening out of the … Continue reading The Economics Nobel: Should there be one?
Democracy + Climate Change Action = True
An opinion article in one of the world's leading science journals, Nature, argues that there is a growing a tendency among some science researchers to question whether democracy is well-suited to achieving sustainable development — and warns that such thinking is very misguided. Sociologist Nico Stehr, who directs the European Center for Sustainability Research, focuses … Continue reading Democracy + Climate Change Action = True
Launching 17Goals: Aiming to Scale Up
Let me tell you about our new website and social media channel: 17Goals. I am feeling very optimistic these days. The world, as I write this, is about to enter a new era. The largest gathering of global leaders in history is assembling at UN headquarters in New York to launch this era. Until today, … Continue reading Launching 17Goals: Aiming to Scale Up
The Top 10 List: Alan AtKisson’s Most Popular Songs (as of August 2015)
Recently I reviewed a combination of iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, and live-performance-request data, crunched the numbers through a secret algorithm, and came up with a “Top Ten” list. These are the songs that seem to be the “most popular” (at the moment) of those on the six albums I currently have in public release. The exact … Continue reading The Top 10 List: Alan AtKisson’s Most Popular Songs (as of August 2015)
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