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Yoghurt, friend or foe?Creative Commons Image sarah sosiak under CC-BY-NC licence

By Dick Morris (The Open University)

03 December 2010

Dick Morris considers the good, the bad and the ugly on the yoghurt counter.  Read more : Yoghurt, friend or foe?

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Breakfast cereals – back to the future?BBC

By Dick Morris (The Open University)

29 November 2010

The Open University's Dick Morris looks at how cereals represent a modern take on the oldest of all human diets  Read more : Breakfast cereals – back to the future?

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Just say NO! to bottled water? BBC

By Dick Morris (The Open University)

16 November 2010

The Open University's Dick Morris asks: does our need for water translate into a need for bottled water... or just a want?   Read more : Just say NO! to bottled water?

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The economy: A 21st century God?Getty Images/Photos.com/Thinkstock

By Dick Morris (The Open University)

09 March 2010

Has worshipping at the altar of GDP become a secular religion for our time?  Read more : The economy: A 21st century God?

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Does it cost too much to be green?BBC

By Dick Morris (The Open University)

01 June 2006

Neither hybrid cars nor organic food come cheap. Does it cost too much to be green?  Read more : Does it cost too much to be green?

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Mootien, Namasoondrum P.; Warren, James P.; Morris, Dick and Enoch, Marcus P. (2012). Mapping expert perspectives of the aviation sector. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management (In press).

Collins, Kevin; Blackmore, Chris; Morris, Richard and Watson, Drennan (2007). A systemic approach to managing multiple perspectives and stakeholding in water catchments: some findings from three UK case studies. Environmental Science and Policy, 10(6), pp. 564–574.

Jehlickova, Bohumira and Morris, Richard (2007). Effectiveness of policy instruments for supporting the use of waste wood as a renewable energy resource in the Czech Republic. Energy Policy, 35(1), pp. 577–585.

Morris, Dick; Oreszczyn, Sue; Blackmore, Christine; Ison, Raymond and Martin, Stephen (2006). A Systemic approach to scoping of factors influencing more sustainable land use in Herefordshire. Local Environment, 11(6), pp. 683–699.

Van Slobbe, Erik; Morris, Richard; Roling, Neils; Torenbeek, Reinder; Broker, Koen and Heering, Hero (2006). Social Learning in Wetland development. In: Bobbink, R.; Beltman, B.; Verhoeven, J. T. A. and Whigham, D. F. eds. Wetlands: Functioning, Biodiversity Conservation, and Restoration. Ecological Studies (191). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 270–283.

Morris, R. M.; Oreszczyn, S. M.; Stoate, C. and Lane, A. B. (2002). Farmers' attitudes, perceptions and the management of field boundary vegetation on farmland. In: Conservation Pays? Reconciling environmental benefits with profitable grassland systems: British Grassland Society Occasional Symposium No. 36, 15-17 April 2002, Lancaster, UK.

Blackmore, Chris and Morris, Dick (2001). Systems and environmental decision-making: postgraduate open learning with the Open University. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 14(6), pp. 681–695.

Lane, Andy and Morris, Dick (2001). Teaching diagramming at a distance: seeing the human wood through the technological trees. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 14(6), pp. 714–734.

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The economy: A 21st century God?

Comment posted by cs8449

02 Mar 2011

Recently, I came across few articles which question the appropiatenss of GDP as the sole factor of a countries well-being. GDP measures the health of a country's economy...and just that. It doesn't... Read more : The economy: A 21st century God?

Just say NO! to bottled water?

Comment posted by my4

23 Nov 2010

It has become a common belief that we need "2 litres or 8 glasses" of water daily and that beverages containing caffeine or alcohol do not count because they increase the excretion of water... Read more : Just say NO! to bottled water?

The economy: A 21st century God?

Comment posted by William McCormick

19 Mar 2010

You made some interesting points. One thing that I find interesting is that the extreme hoarders, of the tokens of the economy. Are willing to ride out our depression, no matter how long it takes... Read more : The economy: A 21st century God?

The economy: A 21st century God?

Comment posted by na2546

13 Mar 2010

I always hear GDP in the news without any understanding it. This article has explained it so well and now I would be able understand what people are talking about when GDP is mentioned. The article... Read more : The economy: A 21st century God?

The economy: A 21st century God?

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13 Mar 2010

na2546 has started a thread discussing The economy: A 21st century God?. Read more : The economy: A 21st century God?

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Dick Morris has been visiting senior research fellow in The Open University Technology Faculty since 2004. Prior to that, he was senior lecturer in systems, responsible for a range of Open University courses including the technology foundation course, food production systems and systems modelling, and for cross-faculty activities around the environment.

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