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Sustainable cities must look beyond city limits

Sustainable cities must look beyond city limits | The Great Transition | Scoop.it
From www.igbp.net - November 3, 2012 7:05 AM

"City leaders aspiring to transform their cities into models of sustainability must look beyond city limits and include in their calculation the global flow of goods and materials into their realm, argue researchers in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences journal Ambio."

 

Interesting analysis: if we look at the total footprint of cities, how sustainable are they really? Is urbanisation really the key to future sustainability? And what about the social sustainability of cities in a world of increasing inequality?

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Jørgen Randers: Should paid work be rationed?

Jørgen Randers: Should paid work be rationed? | The Great Transition | Scoop.it
From www.guardian.co.uk - February 24, 3:52 AM
Shorter working weeks with more time spent pursuing hobbies, would help stabilise the use of planetary resources, suggests Jørgen Randers, co-author of 1972 book The Limits to Growth
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Interesting proposal in theory but what if people used their mandatory vacation for more consumption and more footprint-heavy traveling?

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The great transformation in the global labour market

The great transformation in the global labour market | The Great Transition | Scoop.it
From www.eurozine.com - September 13, 2012 3:13 PM

The global expansion of higher education allows work traditionally reserved for the West to be done more cheaply and just as well in emerging nations, write Phillip Brown and Hugh Lauder. The result is that the wages and working conditions of western employees no longer set the global benchmark.

 

Brilliant article in Eurozine on the global war for labour which will put even more pressure on Western wages, working conditions and employment. Must-read piece.

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How IT Costs More Jobs than It Creates - Technology Review

How IT Costs More Jobs than It Creates - Technology Review | The Great Transition | Scoop.it
From www.technologyreview.com - October 25, 2011 1:25 AM
A new book challenges the standard view that technological advances are always good for employment.

This new study by two academics of the MIT Sloan School of Management provides some interesting food for thought on the future of work and its implications for welfare.

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Work less to pollute less? What contribution can or must working time reduction play in reducing carbon emissions?

Work less to pollute less? What contribution can or must working time reduction play in reducing carbon emissions? | The Great Transition | Scoop.it
From www.etui.org - October 1, 2012 2:27 PM

New report from the European Trade Union Institute makes the case for radical working time reduction to achieve Europe's ambitious 2050 greenhouse gas targets.

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Unions challenge G20 finance ministers to unleash green jobs investment

Unions challenge G20 finance ministers to unleash green jobs investment | The Great Transition | Scoop.it
From www.ituc-csi.org - April 19, 2012 3:59 PM
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has called on G20 Finance ministers to drive investment of at least 2% of GDP in the green economy in the wake of independent economic analysis forecasting the potential for green jobs growth.
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