by Daniel Zimmer | Dec 21, 2016 | Behaviour, Climate change, Collaborative Action, Transitions
The stability of our planet is at stake Our economic and demographic growth and development are taking humanity on planet Earth on a dangerous path. Since the middle of the 20th century, our environmental footprint has become so important that the entire Earth system...
by Daniel Zimmer | Aug 16, 2016 | Assessment, Climate change, Impact Measurement
Scaling innovations or new solutions goes much beyond the classical deployment of new technologies using market forces. It is also the deployment at scale of new practices or solutions that are local in a bottom up approach combining a diverse set of approaches. The...
by Daniel Zimmer | Jun 6, 2016 | Transitions
Transition approaches often neglect the fact that the old model needs to die to allow the birth of the new one. Each transition has losers who may become strong barriers to the new model. Is there such a thing as a lean transition? As compared to our ancestors, we are...
by Daniel Zimmer | May 23, 2016 | Exit Strategies, Private Sector, Public Sector
In this post, we propose novel ways for public and private sectors to cooperate and get your views on the feasibility of new models that break the traditional Manichaean divide between public and private. Currently literature about scaling is still at its infancy...
by Daniel Zimmer | Apr 18, 2016 | Behaviour, Climate change
Lessons from the Greendex survey As it looks, we have never been as conscious of the need to change our behaviour for the sake of humanity and the planet. According to the National Geographic Survey Greendex 2014 a growing number of consumers feel concerned by their...
