by Mark Swilling | Oct 9, 2016 | Blog
An insightful student who is finishing the course work component of the masters degree in sustainable development that I coordinate, reflected in his learning journal on the dynamics of group work over the course of the 8 modules he has done. He discovered that where...
by Mark Swilling | Oct 2, 2016 | Blog
Just returned from Nepal where I led a course entitled Comparative Studies in Sustainable Living – we hiked daily, camped along the way in amazing landscapes, and the mountains, rivers and valleys were our classroom. The highlight was a two-day camp at Lake Rara...
by Mark Swilling | Sep 11, 2016 | Blog, Talks
On Friday 26th August I was asked to give a keynote talk at the 30th Anniversay of Planact – an NGO that I helped establish in 1985 to support urban social movements that were invading land, leading rent and consumer boycotts and entering into...
by Mark Swilling | Aug 23, 2016 | Blog
The Sustainability Institute’s iShack business that emerged from research by postgraduate students is doing very well, including significant technology innovations. All this learning over three years has informed the formulation of a Policy Brief prepared for...
by Mark Swilling | Aug 22, 2016 | Blog
Abri Albertyn, a student from a small town up the West Coast of the Western Cape, presented this poem at the end of the course I delivered two weeks ago on alternative economics: In this life we wake up in a world that points you into a certain direction, it wants you...
by Mark Swilling | Aug 15, 2016 | Blog
Iain Harris, Chairperson of the Lynedoch EcoVillage Homeowners Association, delivered an amazing message about what he appreciates about the Lynedoch Ecovillage. After not living in Lynedoch for over a year, it just loved reading this extra-ordinary reflection on his...
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