The Transition Movement discussion

Preliminary discussion for members to place information about the environment.

I'm posting the following comment which I just made in the SotW 2013 Chapter 13 discussion thread here also, seeing as how I think it's important for the Group, and this seems like a likely spot that people could find it.

I will be writing up a short essay on something that has bugged me about the book (State of the World 2013) we're reading. Over and over again, the authors mention various types of "capital" in these chapters, without really defining what it is they're talking about.

Now in some cases I can guess, and apparently the authors feel that "oh everyone knows what human capital is" (yes, "people" ... but is that the end of this concept?), or "everyone knows what social capital is" (uh, no, I don't).

The book itself lists none of these types of capital in the index, nor does it even list "capital" in the index. So I'm going to work on this at least for my own understanding, will probably put it together in my GR "writing" area, and then post a link or two to that here in Transition.

I think this is important, because so much of what is being talked about in this book is economic in nature, and unless the phrases about different types of capital really have a solid meaning to a reader as they pass before her eyes, I'm pretty sure (certainly speaking for myself) the reader is not really getting it.

PS. If anyone is looking for this essay after about mid-September 2013, and doesn't find anything further about it in this discussion thread, please bug me about it, by posting a comment here, or sending me a message.

Here is my 2 cents of bugging.

Riku wrote: "Here is my 2 cents of bugging."

Well bugged. I said I was going to do this almost nine moths ago, you would think it could have been birthed by now. I will get at it.

Okay, finally, see here.