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Why efficiency won't save us
Rebound effects, explained - and updated with the latest science! Conclusion: we need to make choices about the world we want.
Marten Boekelo
Apr 12
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Design anthropology: crafting the future of renewable energy
Interview with Abhigyan Singh about how to reveal energy values and practices by letting people tinker.
Marten Boekelo
May 21, 2020
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The power of stories in shaping energy futures
Stories about nuclear, renewables and corruption
Marten Boekelo
Feb 10, 2021
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What if energy wasn't a commodity?
About energy commons, or ways to take energy out of the market and (hopefully) take control
Marten Boekelo
May 26
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Policy solutions to curb elite overconsumption
We saw that the global rich disproportionally drive climate change. What are conventional, reformist and radical strategies to reduce their energy and…
Marten Boekelo
Mar 25
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Entrepreneurship as collective effort
Innovations on a local scale - the case of a wind-pioneering community
Marten Boekelo
Oct 12, 2021
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The 4-day workweek: next-level energy policy?
When less is more, or "energy sufficiency" re-imagined
Marten Boekelo
Apr 27
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We need more social science in the energy field
Our climate challenge is not primarily a technological challenge, it is a social one. We therefore need to be more attuned to the the social, cultural…
Marten Boekelo
Jan 6, 2020
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Recognition should be at the heart of the energy transition
Plus: build your own solar water heater!
Marten Boekelo
Jun 18, 2021
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The context of consumer choice
Implications of theories of behaviour change for public campaigns
Marten Boekelo
Jan 27, 2021
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The (messy) work of innovation
Sunrun's Lynn Jurich on creating value
Marten Boekelo
Jul 26, 2021
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Changing the world one design at a time
Jamie Cross’ quest to power 1 billion lights actually sustainably with the 'Fairphone of solar lamps'
Marten Boekelo
Dec 2, 2021
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