In the last few days, I've come across a number of good finds related to the work of C.S. (Buzz) Holling. First of all, you can watch a hour-long video of him giving a talk at the Stockholm Resilience Centre - a good investment in terms of learning how he has applied complex systems theory to ecology and human organizational process (panarchy model).
A second lead was a notice about Holling being awarded the 2008 Volvo Environment Prize for his contributions to ecology. The value of good
ideas in discussions about environmental policy, human impact, change and adaptation seems obvious enough but being recognized for that contribution fuels his original ideas. Congratulations.
There is also the Stockholm Resilence Centre video content site where they have posted talks from a number of other valuable contributors to ecology, resilience and other complexity-driven approaches to environmental and social challenges. Those of you familiar with the TED talks will see that there are some TED-worthy candidates in this mix.
Finally, here is a recently released report about Canada's relative ranking in a variety of areas from economics to social fabric. According to this Canada Conference research, we haven't fared well in a couple of categories. What do you think?
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