sustainability
The suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future
Economic “degrowth” may be difficult to achieve, but a “prosperous descent” is possible.
Japan looks to replace China as the primary source of critical metals
Your new year’s resolutions should benefit not just yourself, but the whole planet.
This technology could close the gap between nature and the man-made environment.
More farm space equals more carbon.
Whether or not there are tropical islands in 50 years might depend on whether or not we can eat fewer hamburgers.
Astronauts will be able to harvest the Moon’s natural resources to sustain human life.
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Thanks to museum curators, there’s no shortage of the stuff.
New research links urban planning and political polarization.
The climate change we’re witnessing is more dramatic than we might think.
Detailed (and beautiful) information on 57 million crop fields across the U.S. and Europe are now available online.
The next gold rush might take place in our sewers.
What does it mean for the future of the cryptocurrency movement and its impact on the environment?
Using terrifying language when talking about climate change may be scaring people into inaction.
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As long as we fail to name capitalism as a key cause of mass extinction, we will remain powerless to break its tragic story.
They’re creating an unprecedented map of Earth to help government leaders make better decisions in regard to climate change.
The greatest danger to our planet is not pollution or climate change, but our own despair.
It’s not yet clear why this is happening, but there are plenty of suspects
How the U.N. hatched the most ambitious plan in the world.
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