Plastics, Plastics Everywhere
New research shows that as well as harming sea animals from the smallest fish to the largest whales to entire coral reefs, plastics and microplastics are dangerous to human health.
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Malaysia’s fateful choice as land crisis looms
A MAJOR economic and societal catastrophe may soon confront one of Southeast Asia’s most important economies: Malaysia.
It’s all connected: The natural gas market and its casualties
Natural gas was supposed to provide a bridge to the renewable energy future. But it doesn’t seem to be working out that way.
Farming Bounded By Our Biological Boundaries – Part 1
We must adopt an ecosystem approach to identify sustainable food systems that can exist within our planet’s boundaries, argues Stuart Meikle in the first of a four-part series.
The Colorado River Runs Again
On May 1, 2021, the river once again flowed in its delta thanks to an agreement between the United States and Mexico dubbed Minute 323. Through Oct. 11, a total of 35,000 acre-feet of water (11.4 billion gallons) will be released downstream from Morelos Dam on the U.S.-Mexico border to quench the thirst of this long-withered ecosystem.
The Case for Cooperative Business Ownership
A cooperative is a business enterprise and a social group of members and as such has both business and member community roles.
Democratizing Access To The Tools For Transformation
In the face of accelerating social and environmental breakdowns, how can we build our collective capacities for transformation to bring about a just, inclusive, and regenerative society for all?
“It’s a clear signal that the Asian Development Bank is finally, finally moving away from coal.”
In May 2021 the Asian Development Bank (ADB) made headlines around the world with the news to exit coal. This was seen as a victory for civil society, especially to the NGO Forum on ADB, an Asian-led network of 250 civil society organizations, and said to bring much-delayed justice for all the affected communities across Asia affected by coal projects.
Transforming Cape Town’s Covid soup kitchens into spaces of dignity – a community vision
User-workers of the community kitchen contribute by volunteering, while also dishing up in the process. This way, community members believed, the kitchens are not just giving handouts but also creating a space where people can be empowered to become active agents in this process.
The Negative-Sum Economy
To be wealthy is to have the things you need and want, the things that support your well-being and enable you to do what you like.
Walkability and the culture wars
Even if you do take this study’s results at face value, it’s a stretch to interpret its major takeaway as, “Most Americans don’t want walkable places.”
Thinking Ecological Democracy with Benoît Lechat
Rather than clinging to the conviction that policies can satisfy everyone, the ecological transition should be institutionalised through a new conception of democracy that widens participation.
