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Thursday, 30 September 2010
Monday, 27 September 2010
Den dansande roboten
Hon pratade om hur användbara robotar kan vara i t.ex. äldrevården, och jag antar att det är sådana uppgifter som kvinliga robotforskare skall vara intresserade av....
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Brekk på catwalken
Konferensen var intressant. Jag pratade själv och även tex Nadia Scialabba från FAO, Artur Granstedt och Mats-Eric Nilsson. Det föredrag som gjorde störst intryck på mig var överläkaren Berit Nordstrand som pratade om kost, ekologisk mat och hälsa. Hon gjorde mycket starka uttalanden om vikten av att äta ekologist.
I övrigt var det ett utmärkt arrangemang som förhoppningsvis kan sätta lite fart på det ekologiska i Norge. Det ligger ju lite efter Sverige och Danmark vad gäller både produktion och marknad. Men de ligger inte efter i att ordna en bra ekologisk konferens. Och inte har jag sett vare sig Sveriges eller Danmarks jordbruksministrar på catwalken.
Norge har ett mycket ambitiöst mål för ekologiskt - 15 procent. Men inte bara 15 procent odling, utan också 15 procent konsumtion! Det ni!.
Thursday, 2 September 2010
Glassfabriken
Ursäkta, ursäkta, här blev det ju en engelsk post! den får vara kvar som reklam för min engelska blogg.....
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Many people speak about social capital, which can be explained as the trust, confidence and social institutions (norms) that shape the interactions between us in society (some, including myself, go further and see even the organisational forms of society as part of the social capital (i.e. the government and municipalities). I find it valueable even without trying to ascribe monetary values, but for economists and politicians it seems to have more "bite" if you can express it in dollars, euros or rubles.
The other day I was at the Bertebo conference in Falkenberg, read more at http://www.ksla.se/
where there were many interesting things. The one I wanted to highlight here is the costs of lack of social capital in Russia. Eugenia Serova, Senior adviser at FAO, said that the agri-business companies in Russia had to invest in protection of the farms and/or invest in the local communities to make people friendly for costs reaching 10 percent of the total costs. The CEO of a company engaged in farming in Russia, Black Earth Farming, confirmed that they have 500 guards on the payroll.
and the ice cream? what have they to do with this. Not much actually, but we had a studyvisit to SIA glass which is partly owned by the Bertebo Foundation that sponsor the event. And I needed some interesting picture to capture your interest....
Many people speak about social capital, which can be explained as the trust, confidence and social institutions (norms) that shape the interactions between us in society (some, including myself, go further and see even the organisational forms of society as part of the social capital (i.e. the government and municipalities). I find it valueable even without trying to ascribe monetary values, but for economists and politicians it seems to have more "bite" if you can express it in dollars, euros or rubles.
The other day I was at the Bertebo conference in Falkenberg, read more at http://www.ksla.se/
where there were many interesting things. The one I wanted to highlight here is the costs of lack of social capital in Russia. Eugenia Serova, Senior adviser at FAO, said that the agri-business companies in Russia had to invest in protection of the farms and/or invest in the local communities to make people friendly for costs reaching 10 percent of the total costs. The CEO of a company engaged in farming in Russia, Black Earth Farming, confirmed that they have 500 guards on the payroll.
and the ice cream? what have they to do with this. Not much actually, but we had a studyvisit to SIA glass which is partly owned by the Bertebo Foundation that sponsor the event. And I needed some interesting picture to capture your interest....
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