If you’re like me – torn about whether the whole circular economy fuzz is a good thing or not, especially for the long haul, please read my critical analysis below. The concept of circular economy (CE) is grounded in environmental…
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…
Advancing community sustainability requires viewing the community as a complex, adaptive, and networked socio-ecological system through interdisciplinary lens. Elinor Ostrom and Donella Meadows proposed frameworks that emphasise complexity and the need to consider all of the system’s levels (larger systems…
I’d like to share with you my perspective on regenerative systems education in brief:
By Riley Yesno. Reposted from Alliance 2030. Published on June 11, 2019. Of all the guiding principles for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, one stands out most to me: No one is to be left behind, and the…
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…
