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7 votes
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Appropriate technology
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Climate explained: Why we need to focus on increased consumption as much as population growth
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Why carbon pricing is not sufficient to mitigate climate change—and how “sustainability transition policy” can help
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The more Patagonia rejects consumerism, the more the brand sells
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Science-fiction visionary Kim Stanley Robinson makes the case for quantitative easing our way out of planetary doom
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What we learn from the coronavirus, we can apply to sustainability
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Crops at risk as coronavirus lockdown grounds bees
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These four startups are redefining sustainability
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Three companies succeeding in sustainability... from very different sectors of the economy
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Just around the corner: Sustainability developments to give you hope
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Cultivating biodiversity at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Coffee companies are signing an unprecedented transparency pledge
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South Korea is composting its way to sustainability with automated bins, rooftop farms, and underground mushroom-growing
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How to build your own starter house in just five steps — for $25,000
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At the Green Free School in Copenhagen, you're more likely to find pupils repairing a bicycle or doing urban farming than sitting in front of a blackboard
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Life imitates Hollywood: The rise of "movie-set urbanism"
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Costco capitalism
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It’s time to be honest about seafood
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Stockholm has been named 'smartest city in the world' for its innovations on the environment, digital technology and residents' wellbeing
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Copenhagen fashion week announces radical sustainability goals – hopes to transform it into a platform for advocacy with tough new environmental requirements for participants
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How sustainable is a solar powered website?
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The case for making low-tech 'dumb' cities instead of 'smart' ones
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Why the simple life is not just beautiful, it’s necessary
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A blizzard of “sustainability” labels
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Use this, not that: Positive swaps for the New Year
This is a bit of a sibling topic to the one about changing habits for 2020. Rather than looking at habits specifically, I want to look at "swaps" that people can make. What's something someone...
This is a bit of a sibling topic to the one about changing habits for 2020. Rather than looking at habits specifically, I want to look at "swaps" that people can make.
What's something someone could change out for a better alternative?
A swap should be recommended if it is,
- more ethical,
- more sustainable,
- heathier,
- or just overall better in an individual or collective way.
Importantly: the swap should be both feasible and sensical, and should be something that is relatively easy to do. This isn't about making huge lifestyle changes but about taking what we're already doing and making it better.
Please give your reasoning for your swap, as well as any important caveats. Mentioning specific brands/companies is fine if that's an important part of the swap. Also, swaps can be for anything so don't feel limited to consumer products. Feel free to give good food/service/app/software/store swaps as well!
See my post below for an example, if the setup I've given here is unclear!
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How Helsinki is using a big cash prize to find a sustainable solution to heating the city
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The African farmers taking on big chocolate
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Trying a Thanksgiving feast made from bugs
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Iceland accused of putting mackerel stocks at risk by increasing its catch
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Finland has become the latest destination to introduce a tourism pledge – asking visitors to the country to promise to respect its nature, culture and inhabitants
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Ways to create a more environmentally sustainable world
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How the women of Standing Rock are building sovereign economies
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Is anyone else interested in (or actively pursuing) meat from more ethical and sustainable sources?
I consider both industrial meat production and veganism to be sub-optimal across all dimensions. I've recently jumped into this growing niche market for more sustainable and ethical meat. It's a...
I consider both industrial meat production and veganism to be sub-optimal across all dimensions. I've recently jumped into this growing niche market for more sustainable and ethical meat. It's a little more pricey, unless you buy in bulk (e.g. 1/4 to full cow at a time), but I think it's worth it in the end.
I'm looking to share sources of info and network of producers/farms in this regard. Allan Savory has the Savory Institute which I found to be a good start. Though FYI there have been back-and-forth essays written about the criticism and defense of these practices (too many to post here but easy to find in the two above links).
I found one local family-operated farm that practices e.g. "organic" (in this case no herb/pest/fungi-cide) farming (crops for the animals), legitimate free-roaming chickens and sustainable land management that allows soil and ecology equilibration (reducing fertilizer use and subsequent runoff). Plus, buying and directly supporting local farmers and ranchers is always a plus!
EDIT: I foresee this thread being hijacked towards a discussion about how "meat is bad" and how we eat too much meat etc. I am being narrow here because I want to be pragmatic, rather than opine on global economics and dietary needs.
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Meat isn’t evil, it’s how we raise it, how it’s prepared, and what it’s eaten with
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Decoupling debunked : Green growth is incompatible with environmental sustainability, researchers find
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IKEA has committed to becoming a circular business by 2030 – by eliminating waste and reusing resources
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Sweden scraps Stockholm Fashion Week due to environmental concerns
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Helsinki has revealed a first-of-its kind website meant to empower citizens, businesses and tourists to make more sustainable choices
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Scientists from the University of Borås are exploring the possibility of converting old pieces of glutinous waste into yarn
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United Nations' Social Impact Investing Initiative (S3I) has opened a new office in Helsinki – further bolstering the UN's presence in Finland
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As millennial parents demand sustainable toys, Lego is perfecting plant-based bricks
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Norway's consumer watchdog has criticised fast-fashion chain H&M for misleading marketing of its sustainable collection
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Is fair trade finished? Fairtrade changed the way we shop. But major companies have started to abandon it and set up their own in-house imitations – threatening the very idea of fair trade
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Colorado isn’t the desert. A sustainable lawn doesn’t have to be rocks, cacti and ugly
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If we all ate enough fruits and vegetables, there'd be big shortages
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How to feed the world without destroying the planet
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Why soil is disappearing from farms
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Norway's cruise industry plans more sustainability
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Helsinki sustainability celebrated as Finland takes over EU presidency
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