Idea Gallery

In today already walks tomorrow. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge

It’s human nature to think and talk a great deal about the future.  What will it be like?  Will it be safe?  Prosperous?  Do we have what it takes to be resilient in the face of an inevitable crisis?  These questions are constantly discussed in our local media, schools, enterprises, and communities today.

This is what “ecokinesis” is about.  The Greek word “eco” means “household” and is at the root of everyday words like “ecology”, the study of our household, and “economics”, the law of our household.  Put it together with “kinesis”, which means “movement”, and you’ve got the movement of our household.

The ecokinesis swirl

This blog is a curatorial collection of ideas that have leaped at me from the sea of information out there – mostly because they speak to the things I’m fascinated by: learning, innovation, sustainability, and the role they play in moving our common household forward.  Positively.  Into the Future.

Mash-Up Saviours

The Civic Economy breaks down the traditional silos of the Business, Government, and Charitable (or Voluntary) Sectors.

Mash Ups that blur the lines between the public, private and the voluntary sector could hold the key to a brand new kind of economic order. This is the civic economy. "It is both fundamentally open and social. It's an economy which is fusing the culture of Web 2.0 with civic purpose." Continue reading →

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