Despite being an old concept for engineering, psychology, and disaster management, the famous natural scientist C.S. Holling introduced ecological and socio-ecological resilience in the early 1970s. He synthesized social and ecological theory to study and enhance adaptive (as opposed to…
But there are lessons from the current crisis that should guide our response to the next one. An article by Bill Gates. Reposted from gatesnotes.com. Published: August 4, 2020. A global crisis has shocked the world. It is causing a…
Sustainable Development Solutions Network, July 2020 Repost from the SDSN report interactive website. To download the full report, click here. The Sustainable Development Report 2020 presents the SDG Index and Dashboards for all UN member states and frames the implementation…
Repost from Resilience.org. By Matt Mellen, originally published by Local Futures. March 24, 2020 The human tragedy of the coronavirus is immense. Thousands have died, hundreds of thousands have been infected globally, and millions more have been affected. Whilst infectious…
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…
From Ensia (find the original story here). Mayibout 2 is not a healthy place. The 150 or so people who live in the village, which sits on the south bank of the Ivindo River, deep in the great Minkebe forest in northern Gabon,…
