https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/ Ideas for Tomorrow en [email protected] Copyright 2011 2011-06-07T03:59:00+08:00 https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/germany_real_green_or_just_popular_green/ https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/germany_real_green_or_just_popular_green/#When:03:59:00Z Angela Merkel’s recent announcement to phase out Germany’s dependence on nuclear energy within 11 years (Germany to close nuclear plants - Financial Times, Tuesday May 31, 2011) appears to have taken the world by surprise, except perhaps its domestic politicians. Every German political party cannot wait to jump on the renewable energy bandwagon, vying for the political capital that the rising waves of the popular anti-nuclear movement would bring. With media and political fanfare, Germany is on its way to rid herself completely of nuclear power by 2022. GIFT Rap 2011-06-07T03:59:00+08:00 https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/can_the_planet_support_more_americas/ https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/can_the_planet_support_more_americas/#When:08:48:00Z Try to imagine a world with three Americas. Three giant economic powerhouses, with citizens who buy, sell and consume, all in pursuit of their versions of the American Dream. Difficult to envision? But that’s where economists say we’re heading. Consumptionomics 2011-06-06T08:48:00+08:00 https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/qa_chandran_nair/ https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/qa_chandran_nair/#When:07:33:00Z This book is a call to action to Asian leaders: that it’s time to rethink the direction of economic growth policies and to reject the western led-consumption led model, if we are to have any chance of achieving prosperity; which itself starts with the meeting of basic needs. Consumptionomics 2011-06-02T07:33:00+08:00 https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/asia_needs_a_clamp_on_consumption/ https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/asia_needs_a_clamp_on_consumption/#When:04:56:00Z The region will soon have to find a sustainable path, writes Chandran Nair. Consumptionomics 2011-06-02T04:56:00+08:00 https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/on_constrained_capitalism/ https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/on_constrained_capitalism/#When:02:44:00Z Consumptionomics 2011-05-28T02:44:00+08:00 https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/further_lessons_in_history_recommended_for_all/ https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/further_lessons_in_history_recommended_for_all/#When:02:28:00Z Articles and Opinions 2011-05-28T02:28:00+08:00 https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/chandran_nair_on_green_and_growth/ https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/chandran_nair_on_green_and_growth/#When:07:54:00Z Chandran Nair explains that the real aim should be sustainable development that is fair and empowers the masses. Consumptionomics 2011-05-24T07:54:00+08:00 https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/up_close_personal_with_founder_of_gift_and_author_chandran_nair/ https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/up_close_personal_with_founder_of_gift_and_author_chandran_nair/#When:07:35:00Z It is difficult to pin down who Chandran Nair is, or to put in specific terms what he does for a living. Although born and having spent his teenage years in Kuala Lumpur, he is an internationalist. He is at home here in Malaysia, at peace in some remote Tibetan village and is able to thrive in any cosmopolitian city in Europe. Consumptionomics 2011-05-21T07:35:00+08:00 https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/rethinking_economic_assumptions/ https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/rethinking_economic_assumptions/#When:07:51:00Z Consumptionomics 2011-05-19T07:51:00+08:00 https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/salvation_for_asia_lies_in_consuming_less1/ https://www.globalinstitutefortomorrow.com/article/ideas_for_tomorrow/salvation_for_asia_lies_in_consuming_less1/#When:04:15:01Z On May 4th Chandran Nair addressed members of the Hong Kong chapter of the Asia Society on the need for Asia to consume less. Read more about the talk below which was covered by FinanceAsia. Consumptionomics 2011-05-05T04:15:01+08:00