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Please watch the movie "Kiss the Ground". About regenerative agriculture. I am so disappointed that this course doesn't explain what it is and just mentions "organic food". Regenerative Agriculture is a major climate solution, accessible to all farmers. I am hoping the next chapter will teach about it. I am so surprised this course doesn't explain the damages...
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I think the questions asked is not the right question. "Organic" only doesn't mean much. The only chance that we have to "survive" climate change (meaning, in a somewhat peaceful and decent society) is to rapidly adopt holistic regenerative agriculture that will be able non only to feed humans but also to heal the soils, sink carbon, retain water, etc.
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The earth is able of feeding the population, even much bigger than it is now, without playing gods and genetically modifying crops (until we realize that oops, it causes serious health issues in 30 years...). It is called regenerative agricultureIt cost way less than chemical fertilizers and new generation GMO. The yields are great. It is extremely beneficial...
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Regenerative agriculture is a major climate solution. It helps the farmers protecting their crops and heals the soil. Healthy soils are carbon sinks and retain water better. They grow better food, full of nutrients. I highly recommend the movie "Kiss the ground" to better understand what "regenerative agriculture" or "permaculture" is.
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Flexitarian might be sustainable. I wonder if this word has the same meaning for everyone. Does it mean eating animal protein once a week? Once a month? I voted for it because, in a short term, I don't think that the largest part of the population will be ready to give up meat all the way. So the best bet is probably flexitarianism. Education is for sure the...
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I don't eat much seafood. It is not easy to understand what is really sustainable or not. I thought wild-caught was more environmentally friendly but maybe an eco-certified farm is actually better? I am really confused.
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@IanSouter I agree with your comment Ian. However, unfortunately, humans having the tendency to prioritize profits over life, the Natural Capital approach would drive society to pollution and biodiversity collapse probably the same way than "regular capitalist economics". How come humans feel like everything should be measured compare to them? If another...
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The Natural Capital approach considers everything as goods related to human existence. Basically, humans are in the center, and other things are only as important as they are for humans.
The Ecosystem approach places humans among everything else, not more or less important. The worth of another entity not being defined by the use by humans, but...
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In the French Alps, 16 of the last 17 years have been the hottest ever recorded.
The North of the French Alps has been losing between 6 to 37 snow days per season, and between 30 to 50% of snow level under 2000m of altitude.
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This is actually really interesting. External drivers do have an impact and are most likely the ultimate push, but what makes a civilization collapsing is the fact that internally, it stopped being functional. This ultimate push on healthy civilization wouldn't have the same effect, an healthy civilization would be way more resilient and would have the ability...
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Language is the way we shape our thoughts, therefore the way we structure our institutions. It makes sense that our western concept of "climate crisis", "climate change", or "environmental challenges" are not perceived the same way by other cultures that don't use the same languages and so don't perceive the phenomenons and the world the same way. It is really...
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We shouldn't have to choose between biodiversity and equity. At least, we should try to find every way not to do so. "The principles of cost-benefit analysis suggest that if values accruing from forest conservation exceed benefits derived from alternative land use and the costs of community forest management, then sustainable forest management as envisaged in...
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WTO= World Trade Organisation
The WTO agreements clearly establish that no country can dictate its own standards to another country.
It is correct that the WTO acknowledges the importance of the environment. However, it is also clear that for WTO, free trade comes first. The method of production is not what matters for WTO. What matters is the...
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Yes, this article shows a good example of a link between wealth inequality, investments, and environmental degradation.
This would be my question about the Boserpian theory. It is about being more productive in a sustainable way right? So it doesn't include the so-called "green revolution" and its intensive agriculture (use of pesticides, decline of...
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As for the impact of property rights, I am not sure. The example of urban farming would seem to indicate that communal can work. Also, I am not sure this is linked. A responsible small private owner can do great work on their land. Well designed policies could make sure that nobody is allowed to hurt biodiversity.
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It is really hard to say. I am pleasantly surprised to see how some people react, for example in my family. A few years ago, I was "the environmentalist of the family". Now, I can notice, some of them, they still don't say anything, it is not easy to speak up, but they are starting to change the way they behave. On a bigger scale, so many people are now...
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(.../...) If we succeed in this project, the Boserpian theory is probably correct, we will be more productive in a sustainable way, allowing more people on earth than right now that we are destroying everything. But ultimately, the earth is not infinite, we will have to find in ourselves to stop increasing the population. That being said, it shouldn't be the...
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"The language used in the debate on overpopulation tends to be apocalyptic. It ignores individual levels of resources used by wealthy people and focuses on the poor. Technical solutions dominate, such as genetic engineering of crops and intensification of agriculture. Whereas solutions such as alleviation of poverty through education, removing injustice, and...
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There is a small piece of land covered by forest next to the chalet where I live in the French Alps. The piece of land is actually a part of our coop so we technically are the owners. However, there is a path crossing the wood and people are often using it to go to the village. So my understanding is that the owners of the coop have the 5 rights but also, it...
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I totally agree and love the concept of circular economy. Unfortunately the global economy is pretty linear for now. Does it mean that somehow, humans partially removed themselves from nature (until they have no choice than going back to it because this behavior is not sustainable by definition)?
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On the first question, the logic is, in an ecocentric logic, if the humans are an integral part of the world, then there is no such thing that a "man-made" forest, a "man-made forest" is by definition natural since human are part of nature, just like savannah is dominated by elephants. Wouldn't it be a huge difference here? Elephants are dominating a savannah...
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I must say, I spend much more than 45 minutes on this task (probably around 100 minutes). And still, I don't think it is exactly what it was expected of us. Writing an actual press release of this paper would have taken me really too long. I am hoping to get some useful feedback. So far I gave two feedback, one person basically didn't do it, the other one...
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And talking about new ways to compare things, I don't know if this is the right way to go, but experiments are already in place. Carbon could be a new currency with a carbon credit system: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200217-can-rationing-carbon-help-fight-climate-change
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(.../...) They would help stakeholders realize how precious nature is. We must align our economic activities with our ecological systems. The implementation might be delicate and would need to be strictly regulated. If we succeed in doing so, “the market forces can be harnessed to work with nature rather than against it.” We need all allies in this fight for...
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We need to re-connect with nature and understand how valuable it is. “Nature provides essential life support services for which no other man-made of human capital can substitute.” We need to remember the rather undeniable fact: without nature, life is not possible. The hard part is this question since we live in a society that compares everything with money,...
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Once GMOs have been released into the environment they cannot be recalled. We can not contaminate the entire earth and then realize this is a disaster. We need to use the principle of precaution here. And it applies to all countries. I don't believe we should keep organic crops for developed countries and tell the poor countries to use GMOs. The yield excuse...
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(.../...) France is largely running on nuclear energy, the current power plants are getting old and they will cost a tremendous amount of money to dismantle. The question is should we build new ones? Nuclear fusion will be a great solution when it will be ready, no more waste, renewable, way less dangerous from what I understand. In the meantime, renewable...
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Nuclear energy has its benefits. It provides a stable baseload of energy, and compares to coal and gas, it offers a really low carbon footprint. It doesn’t mean that this energy is sustainable or that the environmental impact is not existent. Nuclear power is not renewable, Uranium or Thorium are available in a limited amount on earth. New generations of...
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@JonLovett Yes, I totally agree with this, this is why I mention the different "index" in my first comment. What is disturbing to me in this video is the fact that you seem to compare climate change to superstition like going under a ladder. This kind of superstition is not scientific at all. Hundreds of scientists haven't been explaining why going under a...
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@PaulKamill It is beautifully said, and I love the idea. But again, in the real world, we have a tiny window to implement big changes. If your idea is a violent revolution to "marginalize decision-makers", I am out. I don't think violence is going to help us now, poor and fragile will again pay the higher price if we try this. So yes, make them pay since this...
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I am really confused by this video. I read several IPCC reports. The reports use index from not likely to very likely to happen/have happened, depending on the events/mechanisms. Hundreds of scientists from all over the world have been working on these reports. This video seems to pretend that Climate Change is similar to "the superstition of walking under a...
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I am not fully comfortable with this idea. Sure, the coasian bargaining can be of help if your neighbor's dog is too noisy and he wants to pay you to cope with the externality. However, let's go back to the example of the lake. What about the two firms are actually polluting. The level of pollution they can agree on can be very high. Can the ecosystem enter in...
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I have also been on this MOOC. What I got from it was a bit different. The fact is currently, we fail to protect our ecosystems. We are in a capitalist system where everything is compared with money. (I do not say I am glad this is what it is but this is a fact.) The other fact is we have a very short time frame to implement major changes in behaviors. The...
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"People are quite frightened actually of (...) promoting a different way of doing things" "How to co-manage" this kind "evolutionary resilience". This video is really interesting, I would love to hear more about your research on evolutionary resilience and how you find a way to co-manage it. I feel like the fear of change and action towards the authority is...
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"New York City will lead the way to become “zero-waste” by 2030". This is pretty ironic. I live here, and I can tell that the situation is really bad. There are indeed some programs, however, we are already in 2020 and we are extremely far from the zero-waste. NYC will just start to ban plastic bags in March 2020. Most people don't do recycling, compost is...
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I agree with a lot of comments here. Many big cities in developed countries have to work on their policies and develop quality common transportation, quality waste management as well as sustainable buildings and blue+green areas. I have read that San Francisco is really working on this matter. New York City on the other side (where I live) is really far back....
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We need massive outreaching work. People have no idea, and strictly don't care. I had to fight so much for the contractors working on my building stop letting styrofoam blowing in the wind. (I live in New York City.) Their answer was to cover my patio with a tarp! "Really? What don't you understand? I explained to you that you are polluting the entire area and...
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Apinya could educate her community and the tourist she is working with on plastic consumption and sunscreens. She could reduce her own consumption. Determine a marine protected area could also be a could idea to help resilience and adaptation. Tourists wouldn't be allowed there, even if they go to other parts.
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We have been a low impact household for a year and a half now. We buy our groceries at a bulk store so no packaging. For the items that we don't find at the bulk store, we try to find them in aluminum or glass containers. We reuse these containers when possible. Our veggies mainly come from local and organic farms. We don't buy industrial food (like cookies or...
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Marine protected areas and restoration of mangrove areas seem to be really interesting projects that will help. As for geoengineering, I agree with @AllieHeath's comment. Enhanced Weathering strategies presentation doesn't seem precise, nor really safe. However, I would need to do more researches to fully understand what this is about. I am not a fan of any...
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In the climate change effect category: the first threats that I am thinking about in our oceans would be warming, acidification, ENSO and THC. Warming and acidification being the most important because ubiquitously already causing damages to biodiversity.
In the "unsustainable human behavior category", plastic pollution and unsustainable resource...
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In NYC, you can actually request NYC Parks to plant a tree in the street in front of your house for free! I had no idea before I did the research for this course. https://www.nycgovparks.org/trees/street-tree-planting/request
You can also make a donation and have a tree planted in Prospect Park, in honor of someone if you would like. I think it is...
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Like many others, it is the first time I hear about these technics. I feel much more confident in Biochar that is already happening naturally. BECCS may not be applicable on a large scale due to land use issues and the environmental costs of growing the crops that this technic requires.
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A proper food labeling is a necessity now, we need our legislators to implement this measure.
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I have been volunteering with Grow NYC to help raise awareness. I am buying local and organic food that comes from small farms. I am not eating meat by myself and trying to educate my husband into eating less meat. This is working slowly. I tried to not eat meat at all, after a few, I feel really weak so I am ok with a flexitarian diet.
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In Brooklyn, NY where I live, there are a lot of CSA or other systems supporting local and organic farmers. There also are several urban farms on rooftops that do amazing jobs offering workshops and outreaching to the population. Grow NYC (a non-profit organization) manages dozens of greenmarkets in the five boroughs of New York City, every day, to give access...
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In my opinion, fracking in totally off the table because of the direct pollution it causes. The ideal solution, for the moment, appears to be a mix of the other energies (nuclear and renewables) with a strong focus on the renewables, hoping that fusion could become available soon (if it turns as promising as it looks like). Nuclear fission can help in the...
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Definitely Frack-Off. NIMBY, not anywhere. Fracking seems to be only positive from an economic perspective. From an environmental perspective, and on a sanitary level, it is clearly a disaster.
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The consequences of a nuclear catastrophe as Tchernobyl or Fukushima can not be ignored. This technology can not be the main resource. Hopefully, nuclear fusion will be available soon. It looks much safer and doesn't produce waste.
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"So by knowing those three basic principles of the principles of justice, the issues associated with transaction costs, and the effect of Arrow impossibility, you can then benchmark your local implementation against fundamental principles, rather than some superimposed neocolonial view of how development should proceed." This is really interesting, thank you.
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@UmarIdris I understand your point of view. I feel like monetization at at a very high price would help making powerful people/corporations realized how important/valuable ecosystems are. Once the awareness of their value will become more universal, legislators would be able to regulate more easily. Monetization doesnt meen absence of regulation. I agree that...
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https://onlinecourses.leeds.ac.uk/ec_justice/unfccc.html
The video is not working (Safari). I am able to access the transcript.
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1/ Problems: Some part of the population is totally excluded of the society and has no chance to get a decent life. The status quo is maintained by a very hierarchichal society organized in a caste system, organizing social groupes in an exclusive, and exhaustive manner, the individuals inheriting their caste from their parents without any possibility to...
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@UmarIdris Aren't powerful poeple already doing this anyway?
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Bottom up: Recently, for the first time in France, they are experimenting participating democracy at a pretty "high level". It is called the citizen convention for the climat. One hundred and fifty citizens have been drawn to create a representative panel of the population. They have been divided in different groups, working for months with experts, one...
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This is my first economy class ever so I am not strong. If I understand everything I think a good example would be how in France the complex tax system encourage people to try to find ways to "escape" them. Some ways are actually legal, some not so legal. It is really complex so you can always pretend that you misunderstood (if you are a first time offender,...
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Is this related to why we are asked to rank everything and everyone now? To help identify more quickly to "good" partners, those who are trustworthy and so help reducing the transaction costs?
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"The Tragedy of the Commons" is a must read. "Freedom is the recognition of necessity." I might have to read again, and give more thoughts about all this. Really interesting.
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I am surprised that people rather vote for equality over equity. Not all people need the same. Giving the same to everybody doesn't seem fair at all to me.
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It seems that in the system we are living in, money might be the an efficient incentive, particularly for businesses and corporation. But we can't merchandise ecosystems without careful framework. "Big-money" can not be allowed to by off the forest and do what ever they want with it. Education is also a major tool to make people understand what is at stake....
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"Should policymakers stick to the economics of ecosystem services to persuade others to reduce their emissions?" Well the problem is for now, who exactly is bearing the costs? Are policymakers really using the economics to do anything? I don't see it. If they were, the incentive for change would be huge as the cost for externatilites would be huge to bear.
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The cities are still not green enough. Even if we have to live there to work, we are also constantly "escaping" because we are lacking nature. Although we might always want to "escape" to enjoy full nature, greener cities would be beneficial at many levels. There are already many projects. In Brooklyn, NY where I live, I love these Urban Farms (on rooftops),...
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The ecosystems services are the different kind of goods and services that ecosystems provides. There are four types: Regulating, Supporting, Provisioning and Cultural.
Economists' technics of valuing varie depend of the type of services. For provisioning services, they could consider the price of the good on the market, for cultural services, they could...
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Monetizing nature helps manage the externatilites, and make the polluters bear the cost. The risk would be that corporation with financial power could "buy nature off" and argue that since this is their property now, they can do what ever they want with it. It feels like placing a monetary value on nature could be a useful tool to create incentive to protect...
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People making the choices can vary. Could be businesses, policy makers, or simple land owners, but they might not consider any of the ecosystems services when everyone will actually be affected. The state seems unfair anyway. I am not a fan of the idea of placing a monetary value on nature but it might be a useful tool, that might help making people realising...
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From the forest where I always walk next to my place in the French Alps, I get regulating services, the trees capture the carbon, supporting services with everthing happening on the ground of the forest, provisioning services if I find some mushrooms, and cultural services, I love hugging the trees, walking there, breathing, seating, and daydreaming. It is the...
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We are in the society that is based on finance and money transaction. So even if my first instinct would be that it is terrible idea to put a monetary value on ecosystem services, may be this is actually a good way to make people ralize what nature is worth? However, it seems priceless to me. I don't see how I would price it.
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I am from the French Alps. I love hiking in the forest in the mountains and going to the mountain lake just above my place nested in the rocks. I love being with trees.
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I have enjoyed learning, especially about THC that I didn't know very well. I am surprised the permafrost seems so unlikely in the graphics. I read that it was already melting in several articles, I need to do more research. I am actually more "optimistic" if I can use this term. I thought we had past several of them already. It looks like may be it is not the...
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I volunteer with Grow NYC. We teach kids and teenager about the impact of food production. The importance of local and sustainably grown produces. We do this at farmers' markets. Students can meet and talk with farmers who tell them how they grow and raise their produces and animals.
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The social cost of carbon would need to be explained a lot. The global population barely know what is a tipping point. It seems really unfair to make everyone paying the same price when there are bigger contributors to GHG emissions. Lower income families are stuck in a system they didn't choose and are trying to survive. They might be able to make some really...
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We can all do our best to bring positive changes. It might work! Or at least, we will have "saved" what ever we could. Doing nothing, or being afraid won't help. It is easier to say than to do. I am afraid and feel powerless pretty often. I am learning as much as I can so I will be able to do more ou there! Thanks for this course.
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Tension for ressources are already there, they are likely to increase. Judging by how Europe is currently dealing with the refugees crises, I can't imagining what it will when Climate Refugees will have to move all over the planet. Natural desasters becoming more severe and more current, the cost will increase. It will demand financial, material, human...
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I really depends of people. Some of them are willing to listen, are concern, and tipping points are definitely something that alert them, make them react and make them understand the urgency of the situation. Others would tell you that scientists were wrong in the past, that we never know for sure. They want to avoid fear, which is a natural reaction. Tipping...
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Now that I understand better what tipping points are, I am not sure, at least, I hope that we are not passing any yet. Of course, if we are, we all be affected. I am thinking at a global level. For example, the Amazon die back would even exacerbate the climate crises so we all would suffer from this.
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Permafrost seems to start melting even sooner that the scientifics thought, which is concerning. We are hearing a lot about deforestation in the Amazon forest, from what I learnt, the Boreal forest is also burning a lot and disappearing really fast. I didn't know that the Ozone hole was a problem again, I haven't heard of it for a very long time, I thought the...
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I am afraid that we have already passed some tipping points. May be if we react very quickly we will be able to mitigate some effects? I am not sure about any of this. I am really happy to take this class and learn more about this topic.
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Hi, My name is Aurore. I recently decided that I was going to make a change in my career and dedicate all my daily in energy in tackling climate crises, and changing this world as much as could. There is so much to do. I need to participate. I have been an artistic director for ten years. I have some skills. I am going to use them to help bring some positive...
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Working on a upcylcing business in a world where most people still have no conscious of what is "waste" or "sustainability" is a challenge because you constantly have to explain and convince. It might be difficult to source or obtain certificate. Globally, the society is not there yet, not nothing is easy for this kind of business, on any part of the chain. If...
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The Business Model Canvas - 9 Steps to Creating a Successful Business Model
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In 1996, Lee Kun-Hee, the chairman of Samsung Group, decided that if the company wanted to be known for its innovation, it needed to make design a priority and bring it forward in the lifecycle. Now, not even a decade later, Samsung is one of the biggest technology brands in the world, employing more than 1,600 designers who have helped the company win a...
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My husband and I did upcycle a create to a structure + planter on our patio's wall to hold plants and candles.
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Zero Waste Daniel is a new york based clothing designer and zero waste pioneer. https://zerowastedaniel.com Daniel creates clothes from material that would otherwise go to landfills, making sure that the production of the clothes doesn't produce waste. The company also values transparent practices and fair wages for all workers.
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Unfortunatetly, depending where you live. You might think that you disposed properly of your waste but you don't know how your city manage it after you. There is about "one truck of plastic dumped into the ocean every minute on average on earth". Recycling has sometimes nowhere to go, it costs a lot to recycle, the market's demand is not always here....
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I think in order to recycle, you have to "destroy" the item. Ex: Recycle a glass bottle, melt it, create a new one. Upcycle a glass bottle, no need to destroy it, find a creative way to reuse it as it is. Upcycling demands less energy, and should, most of the time, create less of an impact. Recycling usually demands lost of energy and water use, when upcycling...
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Upcycling would be reusing a material that would other go to the landfill, transforming it, also the opportunity to add extra value, economic, social, artistic, etc.
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The waste management and intensive use of plastics, particularly single use in NYC is related to pretty much every single goals of the Sustainable Development Goals. Working on this would help making the city more resilient and sustainable (2), ensure a more sustainable consumption and production modalities (3), help the oceans and the marine life (5), and...
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NYC definetely produce way too much waste and manage it really poorly. Incentive for deposit system is non existent. Compost system exists only in a few neighborhoods and population is not educated about it. It is a plastic kingdom, trees have plastic leaves, literally. People litter, sometimes don't know what is the problem with is. Lack of education. Lack of...
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If I have to choose among the biggest environmental challenges that we are currently facing. I definitely think first about biodiversity loss. The biodiversity is the network that supports the life resilience on earth. Loosing it, damaging it, is putting life resilience at risk. Every environmental issues that we are facing ultimately lead to biodiversity loss...
