Climate change: taking personal action by Kai Neumann

A qualitative model asking for our personal motivation to lower our impact on climate change. Feel free to add to it.

A solution for Ghana's and probably other country's future by Kai Neumann

Just returned from a science/business trip from Ghana - this time also visiting some 'hinterland' as well as tourist attractions. Great people (I mean that) and potentially a great country as well. They have the beaches, the forests even near the beaches, they speak English, they have great local food, and at least in the south it was despite dry season extremely green.  But for the first time in my life I wasn't willing to jump into the ocean - too much garbage in it. I wasn't jogging - too much polluti...

Germany's great coalition - unfit to shape the future by Kai Neumann

Energiewende (differenziert) by Kai Neumann

Spitzenlasten und kurzes Anfahren der Kraftwerke Zentralisierung Lobby und Geld (vs. Verstaatlichung) Kannibalisieren sich alle untereinander? Features (große Häuser, fette Autos) neue Funde Komfort Weiterentwicklungsgefühl

Diesel Gate and Psychology by Susanne

just the start of a collection of arguments from a psychologist who drives an electric vehicle Let us start a discussion and add to the model ....

Germany‘s Jamaica Coalition a historic chance by Kai Neumann

As disappointed I as I was about the lates election‘s results I nevertheless see a historic opportunity for real political progress. A lot major steps are prevented (for sometimes a very good reason) by the power sharing between national Bundestag and federal Bundesrat with a reigning CDU that is by definition conservative trying to change as little as possible. Now there is little alternative to bargaining a change other than they could decide to change nothing but to get ministries or than to repeat th...

Amelie's CO2 Modell 2 (zum Gewinnen eines Fairphones) by Kai Neumann

während einer Gartenparty stellten ein paar Kinder zwischen 7 und 10 Jahren Fragen zu unserem Sampada Ofen, dem Veganersein, usw. Am Abend rückte ich dann mein Tablet raus und wir haben gemodelt. Amelie hat die Fragen gestellt und alle durften mal Faktoren anlegen. Die Kinder konnten hernach die meisten Zusammenhänge wiedergeben (möglicherweise zum Leidwesen einzelner Elternteile) PS: das Fairphone ginge dann an Amelie

Growing together of the interreg-region (template for project days at schools) by Franc Grimm

short-term: < 1 year medium-term: 1-3 years lang-term: > 3 years

Wind industry's growth and over-investment archetype by Kai Neumann

just a small model to understand why the stocks from wind energy providers are loosing value ... despite the increase in installations. Peter Senge described the "Growth and underinvestment" archetype - this model rather features the "Growth and over-investment" archetype.

Benefits of a carbon tax (CO2 emissions taxation) by Kai Neumann

Just a small qualitative model examining the benefits from a carbon tax. The weighting and the arguments are rather conservative. Yet, I think it is an extremely powerful way to transition towards more intelligent solutions using simple market forces instead of unpopular regulation.