Delegates at the 8th World Conference on Ecological Restoration have expressed their unanimous support for the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021 – 2030 with a call to action: ‘One earth, one future, one chance.’ At the conference, more than 850 knowledge holders from 68 countries shared their experiences and expertise of ecological restoration research, … [Read more...]
Economics of a finite planet
"Every one of the planetry boundaries is trending in the wrong direction - we need to go for a radical transformation," says Peter Bakker in the overview of the key themes of the Cambridge Distinguished Lecture Series 2013, What it Takes to Seed a Sustainability Revolution. This featured accessible lectures by leading sustainability thinkers. Peter Bakker begins with a … [Read more...]
Ripening the Olive
A metaphor is a bridge between two situations or objects which at first glance seem not to be related... but actually have something in common. They abound in business: a wily old fox, slave driver, pick low hanging fruit, targets, drowning in paperwork, a psychic prison, etc. Our world is filled with archetypal imagery, powerful symbols that reflect the deepest layers of … [Read more...]
Alliance demands nuclear phase-out
In a joint statement 50 laureates of the Right Livelihood Award and members of the World Future Council demanded a global nuclear phase out earlier this year. "Nuclear power is neither the answer to modern energy problems nor a panacea for climate change challenges. There is no solution of problems by creating more problems, " states the declaration issued by experts, … [Read more...]
