When it comes to the geological record, airbrushing out humans’ impact on the environment makes little sense.
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In 2016, Venezuela opened up a large swath of the country to mining in an effort to prop up its economy. Now it is paying the environmental price.
A new accounting system that goes beyond the capitalist understanding of value is bubbling under and could topple capitalism itself.
Unless urban planning is taken seriously in Sierra Leone, there’s a risk that similar disasters like the mudslides could occur with potentially more devastating consequences.
Mostly, humans have been devastating to the planet but, on rare occasions, we get it right. Here are stories of people who live in harmony with their surroundings, from Tibet to Morocco and beyond.
Our approach to economic growth has done more harm than good and must be be replaced with more appropriate goals.
Top contributors
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Founding Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
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Professor, Water and Landscape Dynamics, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW Sydney
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Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow in Environmental Law, University College Dublin
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Professor of Environmental Politics & International Relations, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
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Research fellow, The University of Queensland
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Reader in Evolutionary Ecology, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds and, UCL
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Principal Lecturer in Psychology, University of Brighton
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Associate professor, University of Canberra
