A lot of people are saying that things have to change, that the current way of capitalist economy is literally draining the earth from its resources and 170 years ago Carl Marx recognized that capitalism in its current form would never close the gap between rich and poor, but would keep enlarging this gap. How I wish I could say he was wrong about this, but it is safe to say that 170 years after the publication of his Manifesto, that he was right on that topic. I am not saying that everything in there should be treated like the Holy Bible. And after a close reading of Spinoza’s work I am not so sure that that story needs to be left alone either – there is most certainly room for interpretation and critique on either of those books. But only one of those tells us something about the slave-labor…
Month: January 2019
Club Circulair 2019
On the 10th of January 2019 I visited Club Circulair at Blue City Rotterdam. Blue City is a former tropical swimming pool. It closed over 10 years ago, because it didn’t make enough money to keep it running or guarantee the safety of its visitors. Now it facilitates research centers for making food out of waste, a circular restaurant and several spaces to organize conferences (mostly on topics about circular economy). I came here to build a network: to meet like-minded people and bundle our ideas, talents and efforts and share our knowledge. Circularity has nothing to do with keeping ones knowledge to oneself, but being open-source, sharing research and places where to find materials for our small businesses. When I arrived I soon found our that the majority of the people present worked for the Department Sustainability of the city Rotterdam. This was a public event, but also the…