Doughnut Economics can be summarised as an approach that adds the minimum acceptable social boundaries (people’s essential needs) to the maximum possible planetary boundaries (“environmental ceiling” or the Earth’s capacity to carry life). The Amsterdam City Doughnut was launched in…
by Maria Spiliotopoulou and Mark Roseland. Journal: MDPI Sustainability. Published September 4th, 2020 Abstract Achieving sustainability goals is complex and requires policy coherence; yet effective action for structural change has been elusive partly because global issues must be primarily addressed…
Repost from The Conversation. Published August 20, 2020. By Chris Barrington-Leigh, Associate professor, Health and Social Policy and the School of Environment, McGill University, and Adam Millard-Ball, Associate professor, Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz. In the midst of…
By Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona. Friday March 6, 2020 Repost from The Guardian Conservative politicians have long declared there is no alternative to capitalism. Many of capitalism’s cruelties, from housing crises and crumbling public amenities to increasingly precarious forms…
By Medard Gabel Published in Kosmos Journal in the Fall | Winter 2015 Sustainable Development is a half-vast approach to vast problems. Its purpose, to make life on this planet sustainable, is a noble disguise for the maintenance of the…
As the city prepares to reopen, Mayor Anne Hidalgo plans to use bike lanes, buses, and social distancing to keep more cars off the roads and reduce pollution. By Feargus O’Sullivan April 29, 2020, 10:37 a.m. PDTRepost from: Bloomberg Returning…
Repost from: The Conversation. Published: June 11, 2020 3.40pm EDT By: Ryan Plummer, Professor, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University; Darby McGrath, Adjunct professor, Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University; and Sivajanani Sivarajah, Research Associate, Department of Architectural Science, Ryerson…
