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    Joe Tucker & Adam Punzano are the makers of the feature-length documentary 'Reimagining Progress- Voices from the Ecuadorian Amazon' which is a film being made with the indigenous Kichwa and Sapara communities of the Ecuadorian Amazon. The documentary will shed light on some of the key issues and threats currently facing the indigenous peoples of Ecuador.

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    Reimagining progress: what we can learn about ‘lean thinking’ from indigenous communities

    Joe Tucker 26-Sep-2016

    Here’s a living example of a ‘lean’ economy (outlined by David Fleming in our last blog post), and how you can help to preserve it. The ‘unlean’ economy is encroaching onto the territory of the Kichwa and Sapara communities in the Ecuadorean Amazon, in the form of large oil corporations, and will destroy their communities, as… Continue reading Reimagining progress: what we can learn about ‘lean thinking’ from indigenous communities Read more

    Fly away: reflections on Westerners abroad

    Joe Tucker 25-Feb-2016

    Fly away, plug in to your chosen third world metropolis with the arrogant urgency that accompanies our civilisation, departure lounge to lounge, no sense of progression or gradual change necessary within this flying tube. Read more

    There’s a crash coming – a slap from Mother Nature. This isn’t pessimistic; it’s realistic.

    The human impact on nature and on each other is accelerating and needs systemic change to reverse.

    We’re not advocating poverty, or a hair-shirt existence. We advocate changes that will mean better lives for almost everyone.

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