John Wood – Sublime https://sublimemagazine.com Inspiration for a Sustainable World Sun, 06 Apr 2025 08:16:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/sublimemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Sublime_Logo.jpeg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 John Wood – Sublime https://sublimemagazine.com 32 32 243252845 Reclaiming Wisdom in the Era of AI https://sublimemagazine.com/reclaiming-wisdom-in-the-era-of-ai/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 19:36:38 +0000 https://sublimemagazine.com/?p=21912 The digital era has encouraged us to mistake data for information and to trade information as though it is knowledge. The rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence has made things worse. Universities all too easily compound these confusions when the spontaneous and embodied act of learning is compromised by academic standards of ‘rigour’ and fairness. What we need is a new definition of wisdom. 

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]]> 21912 Bikes & Biodiversities https://sublimemagazine.com/bikes-biodiversities/ Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:33:27 +0000 https://sublimemagazine.com/?p=21847 Why do we prefer to count things, rather than combining them? Synergy is the free bonus we get when we combine things in the right way, so why is it missing from the academic curriculum? The answer relates to money. By adding things up we pretend we are creating profit. Money became a synergy-free zone because we designed it to avoid dispute. But all is not lost. The synergies within ecosystems can inspire us to design better worlds.

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]]> 21847 Shaming Fast Fashion https://sublimemagazine.com/shaming-fast-fashion/ Mon, 13 May 2024 10:11:07 +0000 https://sublimemagazine.com/?p=21338 What can we do about fast fashion, given its profit margins and popularity? Could the fashion system deliver greener fun if it were to develop its more performative side? Community workshops might, for example, up-cycle and co-design fabrics in order to create local fashions and brands. After all, the process of dressing up before a party can deliver cheaper dopamine hits than any impulse-buy.

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]]> 21338 Legacy Conservation https://sublimemagazine.com/legacy-conservation/ Fri, 28 Jul 2023 04:00:53 +0000 https://sublimemagazine.com/?p=20032 The coronation showed how britain still leads the world in the heritage game. indeed, pride in our 'conservation areas' has saved many beautiful buildings. john wood reminds us that we need to conserve the things that really matter. he says it is time to switch from ‘heritage conservation’ to 'legacy conservation'.

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]]> 20032 Planning – from conservation to regeneration https://sublimemagazine.com/planning-from-conservation-to-regeneration/ Fri, 24 Jun 2022 08:20:03 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp22/planning-from-conservation-to-regeneration/ In a 'heritage culture', transitioning from 'sustaining' to ‘regenerating’ may seem odd John Wood outlines a planning framework designed for long-haul futures.

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]]> 16595 Beyond Conservation https://sublimemagazine.com/beyond-conservation/ Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:27:53 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/beyond-conservation/ In a climate emergency, should planners focus more on Futures – ‘renewal’ and ‘regeneration’ – than on Histories – ‘conservation’ and ‘heritage’?

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]]> 15600 Beyond the Circle https://sublimemagazine.com/beyond-the-circle/ https://sublimemagazine.com/beyond-the-circle/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/beyond-the-circle/ A few hundred years ago, the same could be said of humans. Before then, we discarded hand tools, worn out loin cloths, or lunch leftovers without harming the food chain. Today, we are swamped by discardable materials that are killing other species and contaminating our homelands. In the 1990s, governments told its citizens to recycle,...

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/beyond-the-circle/feed/ 1 14276 The Caring Economy https://sublimemagazine.com/the-caring-economy/ https://sublimemagazine.com/the-caring-economy/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/the-caring-economy/ Although the coronavirus brought agony to many, some of us have seen dancing in the streets, heard singing on balconies, or know people who have benefited from new food banks. The Lockdown has taught us that birdsong and the right to breathe clean air are beyond price. Although not all politicians and journalists may be...

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/the-caring-economy/feed/ 0 14186 Time to Switch https://sublimemagazine.com/time-to-switch/ https://sublimemagazine.com/time-to-switch/#respond Tue, 05 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/time-to-switch/ In a gentle way, the title of Naomi Klein’s book ‘This Changes Everything’ reminds us that everything must change. But changing course is hard in a strong headwind. To make the change less painful it is best to wait until wind drops.

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/time-to-switch/feed/ 0 14134 Too Big To See? https://sublimemagazine.com/too-big-to-see/ https://sublimemagazine.com/too-big-to-see/#comments Sun, 21 Jul 2019 15:40:29 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/too-big-to-see/ The post Too Big To See? appeared first on Sublime.

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