From afb5bc1891210c8a6b0cbaa9ec7d3e54db546fb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jk Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 15:15:05 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Scripted auto-commit on change (2021-02-23 15:15:05) by gitwatch.sh --- content/note/60351bf6/index.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/note/60351bf6/index.md diff --git a/content/note/60351bf6/index.md b/content/note/60351bf6/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e700f88 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/note/60351bf6/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +--- +category: + - '2' + - sustainability + - environment + - economics +date: '2021-02-23 15:15:02' +draft: false +posttype: note +slug: 60351bf6 +title: note +--- +Recently I watched a Netflix documentary 'David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet.' Following that, I read his book as well. I love that he sites lots of examples of human impacts on Earth as well as success stories of cities and countries in achieving bewildering their lands and seas. + +The author introduces policies, concepts and frameworks that can help the sustainability revolution. Particularly, the Doughnut Model by an Oxford economist Kate Raworth was intriguing. She published a book about it ('Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist') which I would love to read. I watched her TED talk which was very inspiring. I wish I had such a lecture when I was studying economics in Okayama! + +TED talk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BHOflzxPjI + +Coincidentally, I learnt from the internet search that Amsterdam has become the first city to use the model as a guide to rebuild the city that is suffering from the COVID-19. It is very exciting to see such a big city to take a bold action! I hope they will deliver good results and will be followed by others. + +The Guardian article on Amsterdam: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/08/amsterdam-doughnut-model-mend-post-coronavirus-economy?CMP=share_btn_tw + +