For me, sunshine is so important, it makes me smile. Just think, if we could harness sunlight indoors, not only would we cut back on energy bills by twenty percent, we will also be able to nourish ourselves with indoor gardens, that heal. Here are futuristic indoor sunlight options (some visionary research projects) that may become more widely available with time (going counter-clockwise)~

1. This indoor chandelier is brilliant, I’d love to see this available in different sizes and shapes, staying with the cosmic theme.
2. “Turn off the light ~ here comes the sun” is the motto of Parans, who states that their goal is to collect natural sunlight, distributed through fiber optic cables to office work spaces.

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   ]]> http://feelgoodstyle.com/2008/09/24/sunlight-inside-and-out-new-interior-decorating-options-for-those-that-love-the-sun-all-day/feed/ http://inspiredeconomist.com/2008/09/04/gdp-growth-needs-replacing-but-with-what/ http://inspiredeconomist.com/2008/09/04/gdp-growth-needs-replacing-but-with-what/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:24:35 +0000 Chris Milton http://inspiredeconomist.com/2008/09/04/gdp-growth-needs-replacing-but-with-what/ Last week, while poking around a few dusty corners of the internet, I came across a small business future group which one person had left because of disagreement about the prominence of sustainability in the group’s charter.

   This is a shame. Those who are facing up to the current challenges in business need to work together to find the solutions, not argue over the relative importance of their preferred approaches.

   Then a post on World Changing caught my eye. “The Two Faces of Economic Reporting” points out that last week’s growth in US GDP growth was underpinned by the largest drop in personal income for over three years.

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