Economy#5: Baby Boomer Retirement and What It Means For the Economy

Photo by: mikol ice This post is part of my World-Changing Wednesday series. These are a collection of thoughts on issues which I think will have a huge impact on how we live our lives in the years to come. Populations of Industrialised Nations Are Ageing There is a troubling trend brewing and it’s going to change many of the things [...]

Environment#3: Resource Limitations ~ Food

Photo by: Bern@t For some background reading on related issues, try these articles first: Environment#1: The Issue of Human Population Growth Energy#1: What is Peak Oil Environment#2: Resource Limitations~ Water It’s time to start thinking about Food Security When you think about the factors affecting food production (climate, water, arable land, fertiliser, energy) it’s easy to see [...]

Energy#2: The Economy and Oil (The Long Decline)

After taking a break for the last couple of months, I think it’s high-time I get back into my World-Changing Wednesday series. Each Wednesday I plan to share my thoughts on an issue which I think will have a huge impact on how we live our lives in the years to come. For some background reading start here: [...]

Environment#2: Resource Limitations ~ Water

Photo by: World Bank Photo Collection  ”You don’t know the worth of water, until the well runs dry” ~Ben Franklin Last week I wrote a post about Human Population Growth and how continued exponential growth is not possible on our finite planet. Of all human needs, number one has to be access to fresh drinking water. We can [...]

Environment #1: The issue of Human Population Growth

When listing the most troubling global trends of our time, one has to consider the following: accelerating industrialization, widespread malnutrition, depletion of non-renewable resources and a deteriorating environment. At the root of all these converging crises is the issue of human overpopulation. Each person we add to the planet requires more energy, space and resources to survive. If the human [...]

Economy #4: The Debt Trap (Our Economic System is not Sustainable)

Photo by: bitzcelt “[Money] is an odd measure of value. It is so ubiquitous in our culture, so fundamental to how we all live, yet we rarely sit and contemplate what it really “is.” Where it comes from, what it does, and who (in the final analysis) really controls it. Most of us spend most [...]

Energy#1: What is Peak Oil?

Photo by: MissusK This post is part of my World-Changing Wednesday series. Tune in each Wednesday to read my thoughts on an issue which I think will have a huge impact on how we live our lives in the years to come. “My main motto never changes, the era of low oil prices is over.” Dr Fatih Birol, [...]

Economy #3: How the Credit Crisis Happened

This is the third post in my World-Changing Wednesday series. Tune is each Wednesday to read my thoughts on an issue which I think will have a huge impact on how we live our lives in the years to come. Unfortunately I am away for work this week and haven’t had the time to put together a full [...]

Economy #2: Is a Housing Bubble looming in Australia?

Photo by: bitzcelt This is the second post in my World-Changing Wednesday series. Tune is each Wednesday to read my thoughts on an issue which I think will have a huge impact on how we live our lives in the years to come. Originally I had planned to talk about the U.S. Housing Bubble and how it [...]

Economy #1: How Money is Created

Photo by: cayusa This is the first post in my World-Changing Wednesday series. Tune is each Wednesday to read my thoughts on an issue which I think will have a huge impact on how we live our lives in the years to come. This week, I’m going to talk about how money is created. If you are [...]