Tag: agriculture

  • Working in Complexity (with another visit to the Schoolhouse)

    Working in Complexity (with another visit to the Schoolhouse)

    A few weeks ago I began a course called Complexity Inside Out taught by Chris Corrigan and Caitlin Frost of Harvest Moon Consultants. I have followed Chris’ blog for a few years now on the recommendation of my friend and mentor Ron and the insights he offers to those of us working with complexity and…

  • Democracy: An Appropriate Scale?

    Democracy: An Appropriate Scale?

    I’m very grateful to live in a democracy , but its clear that democracy is struggling to deliver for everyone, everywhere, right now. Could that be because it has an appropriate scale? There is something about our culture in the Globalized North that we tip our hats to hierarchies of power, and expect the most…

  • Good Neighbours

    Good Neighbours

    I am pleased to say I had a good few ideas for this week’s short blog (again Thursday not Wednesday, sorry), but after attending an excellent webinar from the University of Guelph’s History Roundtable yesterday, i had to get a few lines down about it. As a researcher who often looks backwards to go forwards,…