Memo+1+(Dan+F)



- Water NGO Data transparency - Research done for sustainable by design || - Why do people seek to make others like them to the point where they share the same goals and use the same methods throughout the whole world? || This problem is only getting harder to solve as the current systems put in place are encouraged. Serious questioning is needed as soon as possible. This is a very controversial field. || - Work in Ghana - Classes on globalization and development as well as U.S. foreign policy. - Very strong personal views on the subject || - Bias in favor of developing countries (they aren’t given enough credit). - Bias for maintaining strong cultural diversity worldwide. || - Development INGO work. - Educator. - Researcher on globalization and development || USAID- Development Innovations Venture [] || - Experience with students in sustainability education || - Why is it easier to increase supply of something rather than to reduce the need and level of consumption? || Conspicuous waste can only go on for so long before a threshold is passed that prevents recover of finite and renewable resource bases. There are simple solutions that are ignored because of mainstream general practice (single approach solutions). || - Research done for sustainable by design - Experience with students in sustainability education - Personal goals for housing and ways of living along with the habits I’ve already established. || - Bias against mainstream wasteful practices - Bias against endless growth || - Educator. - Energy Manager - Energy conservation representative/ energy auditor - Energy representative - Research || Building Energy Efficiency [] || - HDI - Happiness survey data - GNH - Health survey data - Personal library of documents || - How does relativity and scale effect what is considered normal and desireable? || We interact with the world because of what we think the goals of life are. This makes it very important to determine what really is important so that progress can be measured correctly. Currently the mainstream discourse does not reflect reality. || - Term papers for separate classes on the standard of living and the economics of happiness. - Natural Resource economics - Ecological economics - Managerial economics - Topics in Macroeconomic Policy - Personal library of articles || - bias against mainstream economic theory || - Ecological economist - Economist - Researcher - Educator || Institute of New Economic thinking [] ||
 * TOPICAL AREA? || DATA SETS? || SOCIAL THEORETICAL QUESTIONS? || WHY NOW? || HOW PREPARED? || BIAS? || FIELDS OF WORK? || FUNDERS ||
 * Development and Globalization- the appropriate way to approach development. à What are the different ways of conceptualizing what should be allowed between boarders economically for the sake of development? || - Personal field notes from Ghana
 * Appropriate Technology and energy efficiency in the developed world to save people money in the domestic setting à what ways can the developed world improve in terms of sustainability and what barriers need to be overcome to obtain better practices mainstream? || - Research done for sustainable by design
 * The Economics of Happiness and the significance of standard of living à what measures are needed to more accurately measure the standard of living and quality of life so that they are more realistically reflected? || - GDP