Long-term common interests require the implementation of a collective intelligence. Human collective intelligence is not instinctive and must be built. Education in general and alternative pedagogies in particular can boost the collective intelligence process.

Africa is the poorest continent both from an economic and technological standpoint and this is notably caused by a lack of energy infrastructures. We explore here what could happen if the ADB decided today to launch a program to develop the Africa's energy network as a means to develop its economy,...

The moment of crisis is both painful and fertile. In this second semester of 2009, because it is a neologism in vogue, the term “ deconsumption” seemingly has a role to play in the definition of a new equilibrium for the future. The report entitled “Deconsumption in France on the horizon of...

The Ecological Pact was written during the presidential campaign in 2007 and consists in a collection of texts and proposals in order to implement a government policy that favours the “Ecological Emergency”, Nicolas Hulot's own words. This Pact advocates a “thought over degrowth”, is...

In the conventional economic thought, continuous economic growth is positively correlated with prosperity. The belief that higher incomes will inevitably deliver a better quality of life, more choices and more fulfilled lives has imposed itself as a dogma. This materialistic consumerism has turned...