by Mark Swilling | Oct 26, 2016 | Blog
Reading applications for the 2017 intake I read this motivation for studying sustainable development in the application of a 22 year old black women from Nigel: “Development has for years been measured by the distance that exists between people and...
by Mark Swilling | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog
CSIR’s research shows that renewables cost 60c/kWh over the life cycle. This is half the cost of nuclear which is R1.20-R1.30 per kWk over the life cycle. The Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REI4P) has already generated nearly...
by Mark Swilling | Oct 21, 2016 | Talks
Between April and end of July 2016 I had the privilege of a sabbatical, with financial support from four Universities: Stellenbosch, Sheffield, Utrecht and Coventry. The talk describes the amazing range of events where I delivered talks on a wide range of subjects,...
by Mark Swilling | Oct 20, 2016 | Blog
Every year we have taught a module called Globalization, Governance and Civil Society. This year I took it over and oriented it away from a focus on the problem (the usual suspects: financialized globalisation, neo-liberalism, rule by the 1%, inequality, poverty and...
by Mark Swilling | Oct 20, 2016 | Blog
In this article, we see our crazy world through the 81 year old eyes of Noam Chomsky – the ultimate iconoclast. Without him sweeping away the intellectual debris that clutters up our minds, thinking solutions would be impossible. But don’t expect him to...
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