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What is New Water Paradigm?
By Jan Pokorný Keywords: solar energy, plant evaporation, water cycles, climate, landscape management Humans existed on Earth as hunters and gatherers for hundreds of thousands of years and the carrying capacity of a forest is one to…
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What is Circular Economy?
By Giacomo D’Alisa Keywords: societal metabolism, resource efficiency, reuse, sustainability, growth Circular Economy (CE) is an emerging strategic vision aiming to decouple economic growth and environmental impacts. Its core strategy aims to: Reduce the use of raw…
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Amazon Alternatives Guide: 2022 Update
Why would anyone want to avoid Amazon? A one-stop-shop for everything from books to clothes to pillows featuring Nicolas Cage’s face photoshopped onto Kim Jong Un’s head, it has made it possible for almost anything you want…
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Why Plastic Pollution Is Even Worse Than You Think
Along the banks of the Mississippi River, right before it spills out past New Orleans into the sea, lies Cancer Alley: an 85-mile strip of shoreline where residents are contracting cancer at astronomical rates. But this isn’t…
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The True Cost of Cryptocurrency
Amidst the loud hum of computers, digital gold is born. Churning and churning, hundreds of computers mine for a new form of currency – one that professes to be the decentralized, deflationary disruptor of the modern banking…
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Ethical Alternatives to Basecamp
Basecamp made the news in April 2021 following the decision to forbid “societal and political discussions” internally – one of many changes which led to over a third of staff resigning en masse. CEO Jason Fried went…
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Are Vinyl Records Sustainable?
There was a time when spinning records was the only way to listen to music of your choice at home. Subsequently, for a few decades, vinyl records had to compete with audio cassettes and CDs. And then…
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The Problem with Consumerism
In 2009, South Korea did something remarkable. The country poured 2% of its GDP – some 38.1 billion US dollars – into environmental projects, hoping to create one million green jobs over the next five years. The…
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10 Books That Offer Hope (and Solutions) for the Future
It’s December 2020 and we’re in dire need of positivity and hope. With so many global crises unfolding, investigating solutions to both new and old problems should provide a welcome boost. With their charm, potential for depth,…
