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OPINION: Sustainability requires that we learn to embrace change, not fight it
Limits to growth are a fundamental and widely accepted principle of sustainability. You might even call them the first law of sustainability. Nevertheless, as ecological economist Richard Norgaard...
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OPINION: It’s time for a new story of humanity’s place in the world
It goes without saying that humans are good at causing problems. Climate change, overfishing and widespread environmental contamination from chemical toxicants are all creations of our own making. But...
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OPINION: Climate change is more than a tech problem, so we need more than a...
At the COP 21 climate change convention in Paris at the end of 2015, leaders from 194 nations agreed to pursue actions that will cut greenhouse gas emissions enough to keep global warming within 1.5 °C...
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OPINION: Science denialism is dangerous. But so is science imperialism.
“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.” – Jeff Goldblum as Ian Malcom in “Jurassic Park.” With the extreme politicization of...
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What does “wild and pristine” really mean?
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Finding Our Niche: Toward a Restorative Human Ecology, published by Fernwood Publishing, a book that is an outgrowth of essays the author previously...
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Opinion: When it comes to food production, “Does it scale?” is often the...
Radically reimagining our food systems is a task that is critical to solving the world’s biggest social and ecological problems. It’s also one that garners substantial and often heated debate. But are...
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Opinion: Climate-friendly food systems start with different values, not...
Mainstream conversations about transforming Western food systems in light of their adverse impacts on things such as climate and biodiversity have become overly dominated by a handful of relatively...
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