Environment

Le métavers sera probablement une innovation dans la continuité de celles qui captent notre temps de cerveau, pour nous divertir et nous faire oublier que nous nous sentons vides. Et c’est parce que nous nous sentirons vides que nous consommerons davantage, et que nous nous éloignerons encore plus de ce…

6 practices from cities across the country — A key goal for Reimagining the Civic Commons is environmental sustainability. As climate change accelerates and communities grapple with a diversity of related challenges including urban heat islands, altered growing seasons, increased stormwater, species loss and sea level rise, communities are reconsidering the power of public spaces to model climate…

This issue’s topic: The price of money is interest and so what? Just thoughts on the connection between bitcoin and elements of the “degrowth” movement that argues that never-ending economic growth is leading us toward an unsustainable and ecologically destructive path. A reader suggested that I read the writings of…

Compostable packaging is popularly seen as an answer to plastic pollution, but while it has a role to play in a circular economy, it is not a silver bullet. Any time a piece of packaging is used once — no matter how it is disposed of — it is single-use. Preventing waste in the first place should be a top priority. — By Laura Collacott, Freelance Editor, Ellen MacArthur Foundation In 2018, Collins Dictionary named ‘single-use’ as its word of the year as the world woke up to the plastic pollution crisis. Single-use plastics have come to epitomise our take-make-waste linear economy, and as global awareness has grown, ‘no excuse for single-use’…

Face the food with the second-largest footprint in the world. — Chocolate is one of the most common and enjoyed goods across the West, often the first choice for a gift or idle treat. But it is also the single least discussed food that has a huge impact on the planet. Reducing your meat intake for the sake of the planet…