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Dutch Greenhouses Go Dark As Energy Crisis Worsens; Food Inflation Fears Mount For Europe
Dutch Greenhouses Go Dark As Energy Crisis Worsens; Food Inflation Fears Mount For Europe Soaring European gas and electricity prices are getting worse by the day, forcing a vast network of Dutch glasshouses, the largest on the continent, to limit output or go entirely dark, according to Bloomberg. This could have a devastating impact on food […]
American Bumblebee Takes Step Toward Endangered Species Act Protection
American Bumblebee Takes Step Toward Endangered Species Act Protection Bumblebee Once Found Across Country Has Nearly Vanished From 16 States WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the American bumblebee, whose populations have plummeted by nearly 90%, may warrant Endangered Species Act protection. The announcement kicks off a one-year status assessment of the species. Today’s […]
The Looming Energy Crisis: People Are Going To Die This Winter
The Looming Energy Crisis: People Are Going To Die This Winter For many months myself and many of the investors I work with have become increasingly concerned at the growing instability and insecurity of energy markets. The 4 times spike in Gas prices this year has been a shocking wake-up call, highlighting energy insecurity in […]
Farming Bounded By Our Biological Boundaries – Part 2
Farming Bounded By Our Biological Boundaries – Part 2 Sheep in Extremadura, Spain Despite the climate change mitigation emphasis on carbon sequestration, building soil carbon is first about food security, second about atmospheric carbon drawdown. By working with nature’s natural cycles to provide nutritious food with a low environmental footprint, Regenerative Agriculture will provide the […]
‘Green growth’ doesn’t exist – less of everything is the only way to avert catastrophe
‘Green growth’ doesn’t exist – less of everything is the only way to avert catastrophe It is simply not possible to carry on at the current level of economic activity without destroying the environment ‘Combined impacts are laying waste to entire living systems.’ A dead North Atlantic right whale washed up on a beach in […]
Bristol Food Producers: Who feeds us?
Bristol Food Producers: Who feeds us? A significant proportion of people are disconnected from where their food comes from. Where once there were strong relationships between farmers and consumers, many people now have little idea where the food they eat is produced or who the people are who are growing and raising it. This disconnection […]
Head Wind: When the Crisis Became a Business
Head Wind: When the Crisis Became a Business
The World’s Sustainable Development Goals Aren’t Sustainable
The World’s Sustainable Development Goals Aren’t Sustainable There are big problems with the most important metric used to assess progress toward the U.N.’s environmental goals. Art for the Global Goals campaign at Liu Bolin Studio in Beijing on Aug. 28, 2015. JAMES WASSERMAN/GETTY IMAGES FOR GLOBAL GOALS/UNITED NATIONS In 2015, the world’s governments signed on to […]
The Global North isn’t ready for climate breakdown
The Global North isn’t ready for climate breakdown European responses to extreme weather demonstrate post-industrial nations have much to learn from people in the Global South, writes Aranyo Aarjan Flooding in Tilff, Belgium, July 2021 (Photo: Regine Fabri; licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0) When I was growing up in Kolkata, every monsoon the streets would […]
The fight over food at the UN’s Food Summit
The fight over food at the UN’s Food Summit Food Summit image via the International Science Council The UN’s Food Systems Summit was held last week in New York. This sounds like it ought to be a good thing, given the sense of impending crisis around the food sector. But a lot of people aren’t happy about […]
“Save the planet, (learn how to) plant a tree”
“Save the planet, (learn how to) plant a tree” I like catchy memes as much as the next person. They’re easily memorized and passed on. But “Save the planet, plant a tree” has always bugged me for two reasons. First, and probably most importantly, this simplistic mantra absolves people of doing MORE to improve our […]
The Dangerous Ideas of “Longtermism” and “Existential Risk”
The Dangerous Ideas of “Longtermism” and “Existential Risk” So-called rationalists have created a disturbing secular religion that looks like it addresses humanity’s deepest problems, but actually justifies pursuing the social preferences of elites. In a late-2020 interview with CNBC, Skype cofounder Jaan Tallinn made a perplexing statement. “Climate change,” he said, “is not going to be an […]
The Hidden Costs of Solar Photovoltaic Power
The Hidden Costs of Solar Photovoltaic Power Introduction Despite many optimistic predictions, solar photovoltaic (solar PV) power still represents only a small fraction of the global electricity supply as of 2020. More than two decades of nearexponential growth and investment in solar PV development have taken place, yet the amount of fossil fuels being burned […]
The value of a degrowth economy: Our planet would be richer for it
The value of a degrowth economy: Our planet would be richer for it (Cartoon by Mark David | @MDavidCartoons) Decades of economic expansion have come at the expense of developing nations and a tremendous cost to the planet. Degrowth is a healthier future option, writes Erin Remblance. THE THOUGHT of a degrowth economy can be scary. We’ve all grown […]
The greenwashing of gold mining
The greenwashing of gold mining Bjornevatn mine, Norway. Photo: Svein Lund New mining projects are being re-branded clean, green and vital to climate action across Europe. The reality is very different. There has been a surge in the number of mining projects and a massive expansion of areas under mining concession in the island of Ireland, […]
