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…
The position of an initiative on the weak/strong sustainability continuum is a debate that is rooted in economics but is now central to sustainability discourse, pertaining to both research and practice. The weaker-to-stronger sustainability debate is a spectrum between those…
Repost from The Lancet – originally published on October 20, 2021. Executive summary The Lancet Countdown is an international collaboration that independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate. Publishing updated, new, and improved indicators each year, the Lancet…
Just published in Discover Sustainability – access full article here (it’s Open Access)! Abstract In this “urban century”, planetary realities and increased environmental and social awareness have led to significant international agreements and the recognition that local communities play a…
Repost from Ecocities Emerging. 3 min read by Jennie Moore, Director, Institute Sustainability at British Columbia Institute of Technology and Director, Centre for Ecocities at BCIT The International Ecocity Standards were developed by Ecocity Builders with input from an international…
By Maria Spiliotopoulou and Mark Roseland Chapter 20 of the Research Handbook on Community Development, edited by Rhonda Phillips, Eric Trevan and Patsy Kraeger, and published in 2020 by Edward Elgar Publishing. Full text of our chapter is available online…
Guardian environment correspondent Fiona Harvey recalls being heckled at the House of Commons and explains how attitudes to climate have shifted in 10 years From https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/17/climate-science-deniers-environment-warning Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent Published on Thu 17 Oct 2019 12.02 BST A crack…
