After writing a review for the (very readable) Professional Housebuilder and Property Developer, this is what they had to say about mine:
"Whatever your opinions on building sustainably, this book is a must-read, questioning themarch towards carbon zero and giving a refreshing alternative to the green agenda."
Lucy Dixon, Professional Housebuilder and Property Developer (October 2008).
"Enemies of Progress" has been set up to argue for development without prefixes. One of the most important tasks today, is to undermine the fear-generating perception that human agency, modernity, growth, materialism, want, development, experimentation, technology, infrastructure, political debate and critical engagement - in a word, progress, is a problem.
strangetimes.lastsuperpower.net/
Thanks to Barry York in Austrlia for this article:
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8146&page=0
Barry blogs at http://strangetimes.lastsuperpower.net/ and is involved in a very interesting "left-wing" group around Strange Times. I have had a number of fascinating conversations with Barry over the last few months and I certainly wish them all well - and a continued, recession-proof dialgue into 2009.
I have literally JUST received (after around 8 weeks waiting for trusty Amazon) a copy of David McMullen's book "Bright Future: Abundance and Progress in the 21st Century" which looks fascinating. The dustjacket says that there are three reasons to be reasonably positive about 21st century:
1. More and more poor people will become increasingly wealthy
2. "Environmental catastrophe will continue to not happen", and
3. Capitalism will lose its "historical mandate".
As they say, I can't wait to read it over Christmas.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bright-Future-David-McMullen/dp/0646468324/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229553951&sr=1-2
See also: http://brightfuture21c.wordpress.com
http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=8146&page=0
Barry blogs at http://strangetimes.lastsuperpower.net/ and is involved in a very interesting "left-wing" group around Strange Times. I have had a number of fascinating conversations with Barry over the last few months and I certainly wish them all well - and a continued, recession-proof dialgue into 2009.
I have literally JUST received (after around 8 weeks waiting for trusty Amazon) a copy of David McMullen's book "Bright Future: Abundance and Progress in the 21st Century" which looks fascinating. The dustjacket says that there are three reasons to be reasonably positive about 21st century:
1. More and more poor people will become increasingly wealthy
2. "Environmental catastrophe will continue to not happen", and
3. Capitalism will lose its "historical mandate".
As they say, I can't wait to read it over Christmas.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bright-Future-David-McMullen/dp/0646468324/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229553951&sr=1-2
See also: http://brightfuture21c.wordpress.com