NOTHING IS MORE URGENT- please - for all our sakes - prioritise climate Action. Rishi Sunak criticised for skipping COP27 climate summit bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

First, the problem: in mainstream economics, destruction of the living world is treated as an 'environmental externality'. As Daly wrote, ”we classify things as ‘external costs’ for no better reason than because we have made no provision for them in our economic theories”.

He flipped the story inside out, depicting the economy as a subsystem of the living world, dependent on Earth's sources & sinks, and constrained by nature's regenerative capacities. This redrawing is *the most radical act* of 21st century economics (and all it takes is a pencil).

Such a radical redrawing meets a lot of resistance - as Daly discovered while working at the World Bank in the 1990s. Here's a great story he told about commenting on drafts of the WB's major 1992 report Development and Environment. Some pictures turn out to be too powerful...

When the Planetary Boundaries framework was first published in 2009 it provided the first attempt to quantify just how out of whack today's economy & ecosystem are in Full World - big thx to Johan Rockström Robert Costanza Sarah Cornell 💙 & co for this breakthrough work.

So when I set out to draw a new ‘big picture’ of the economy in Doughnut Economics, the first essential move was to place the economy within society, within the rest of the living world, and subject to the 2nd law of thermodynamics (viz the flow of solar energy).

Author of Donut economics Kate Raworth on the death of Herman Daley:

Best museum in the world! Pitt Rivers Museum

This is positive - suddenly I see hope - what are you going to do about it at home ⁦Rishi Sunak?⁩ COP27: Rishi Sunak urges world to move faster on renewable energy bbc.co.uk/news/uk-635274…

I’m going to allow myself to tweet about chocolate! It’s such a big part of my life 🤣. These Belgian truffles from M&S are amazing! Cocoa responsibly sourced - no mention of the palm oil though? #chocaholic

Brilliant win for Birmingham School of Architecture and Design BHX. CO\\ABORATIVE LABORATORY: MA Product & Furniture Design graduate Manthan Modh at @DesignInGermany ICONIC Design Awards, read his story here: bcu.ac.uk/architecture-a…

Ok today I was trying to go low carb so the important #chocaholic work went off piste. Aldi Stores UK 85% dark chocolate with a spoonful of almond butter. Like a sugar free Reece’s pieces. Serious but GOOD.

What an experience! Birmingham MArch students share their ideas for the Sustainable Fire Station of the Future with West Midlands Fire Service Darryll Darkin @_AndyHilton and use VR to get an experience of firefighting. Plus a visit to the inspirational Safeside Centre

Fantastic visit to Chester Fire Station the UK’S first NetZero Fire station. West Midlands Fire Service and Birmingham School of Architecture and Design learning all we can about how to be fit for the future. Thank you Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service for being fantastic hosts.

Solution to fuel bills - alpaca jumper! I’m sat in my home office at 16 degrees - boiling in my TK Maxx alpaca jumper.

I’m not a natural vr fan but this was an amazing way to visit international sites

Introducing a brand new Skills Bootcamp! Climate Literacy for Sustainable Futures   Skills Bootcamps are funded by the Department for Education, so they are free to individual learners and at very low cost eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Really enjoyed this - beautiful crafting of architecture