Japarity

The Urban Times Samurai is not a myth. He is working hard in Japan. From Kyoto he writes 'Japarity'. A series that will discuss the world’s precarious relationship with Energy. Why in 2011 energy use per person is directly proportional to GDP/capita. Why energy policy today will determine our personal quality of life in a decade. And how international relations have become energy relations.

Fear meets Democracy.  Source: Flickr. From Sandocap/

Japarity IV – Fear meets Democracy

If one believes in democracy, then the worldwide anti-nuclear marches and their successes are one of many social movements that have made 2011 its greatest year yet. »
by Arjun Hassard on 10th Nov 2011
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Japarity III

For centuries, energy policy was a simple game with one important consideration; is choosing this type of fuel going to save us money? Like a particularly ruthless game of monopoly, governments and corporations alike based their decision making on economic efficiency »
by Arjun Hassard on 1st Nov 2011
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Japarity II

‘Sustainability’ is far more than a neologism or buzz-word, though like ‘climate change’, ‘global warming’ and ‘leverage’, it is frequently employed as such. As a concept it dates as far back as the 1980s, when the World Commission on Environment and »
by Arjun Hassard on 17th Oct 2011
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Japarity

Welcome to Japarity; Kyodai & Our Energy Future. This series will discuss the world’s precarious relationship with Energy. Why in 2011 energy use per person is directly proportional to GDP/capita. Why energy policy today will determine our personal quality of »
by Arjun Hassard on 11th Oct 2011
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