Reducing food waste requires systemic changes across farming, distribution, retail, and consumption—not just individual consumer behavior.
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Nebraska Soil, Mid-East Oil: Geopolitical Crisis Exposes the Fragility of Industrial Farming and the Case for Rebuilding Food Systems
A Middle East energy crisis reveals industrial agriculture’s dependence on fossil fuels and highlights the need for resilient food systems.
A Middle East energy crisis reveals industrial agriculture’s dependence on fossil fuels and highlights the need for resilient food systems.
From Words to Worlds: How Stories Shape the World – And Our Relationship to It
The language we use shapes environmental thinking, influencing how societies understand nature, resources, and our relationship with the planet.
The language we use shapes environmental thinking, influencing how societies understand nature, resources, and our relationship with the planet.
How Our Broken Food System Is Driving Humanity’s Collision Course With Earth
The global food trade contributes to climate change, soil degradation, and water scarcity, impacting farmers and ecosystems.
The global food trade contributes to climate change, soil degradation, and water scarcity, impacting farmers and ecosystems.
Iran Is Running Out of Water. The Problem Goes Far Beyond Policy Failure
Across Iran, these pressures are intensifying. In the country’s arid and semi-arid interior, rainfall is often scarce.
Across Iran, these pressures are intensifying. In the country’s arid and semi-arid interior, rainfall is often scarce.
As America Turns 250, Its Attention to Continued Survival Fades and Fractures
As the United States marks 250 years, growing political division raises questions about democracy, resilience, and the nation's future.
As the United States marks 250 years, growing political division raises questions about democracy, resilience, and the nation’s future.
Inside an Off-Grid Village of Earthen Domes – YouTube Documentary Review
From a distance, the Mojave Center looks like one of those ball-and-stick models of a molecule we’re all familiar with from school.
From a distance, the Mojave Center looks like one of those ball-and-stick models of a molecule we’re all familiar with from school.
Escalating Climate and Geopolitical Shocks Force a Choice: Build Resilience or Be Shaped by Crisis
Adaptation needs to grow up. To mature it cannot remain a technocratic exercise in flood defences and heatwave plans.
Adaptation needs to grow up. To mature it cannot remain a technocratic exercise in flood defences and heatwave plans.
When the Saints Go Marching Out: New Orleans and the Resilience of Cities
By Richard Heinberg I’ve written repeatedly about community resilience over the years; for example, I penned an article in 2017 for Bloomberg on rebuilding for resilience after the devastating wildfires in Sonoma County, California, where I live. In this piece, I want to tackle an even tougher case. The city of New Orleans dramatically…
Sovereignty and Rising Sea Levels: Climate Change Is Reshaping the Meaning of Nationhood
The people of these nations will be among the first to wrestle with the loss of national identity implied by the loss of territory.
The people of these nations will be among the first to wrestle with the loss of national identity implied by the loss of territory.
Feeding the World as if People Mattered: How Small Farms Produce Value Beyond Yields
Strawberries recruited village kids to fix the cracking sidewalk; strawberry jam paid a metalworker to fix her stove;
Strawberries recruited village kids to fix the cracking sidewalk; strawberry jam paid a metalworker to fix her stove;
We’re Measuring Extreme Heat Better Than Ever. The Human Toll Still Goes Underreported
Both are stories about extreme heat, yet the two scenes are not easily understood as part of the same narrative.
Both are stories about extreme heat, yet the two scenes are not easily understood as part of the same narrative.
Better Than To-Go: How Italy Avoided the Coffee Cup Waste Crisis Before It Even Started
Walking through Toronto last autumn, I found the presence of Tim Hortons to be the most striking feature of the urban landscape.
Walking through Toronto last autumn, I found the presence of Tim Hortons to be the most striking feature of the urban landscape.
The Cardinal’s Lesson: What We Fail to Notice, We Rarely Protect
The woods were quiet in the peculiar way that belongs only to early spring. The great chorus of summer had not yet arrived.
The woods were quiet in the peculiar way that belongs only to early spring. The great chorus of summer had not yet arrived.
What Adam Smith’s the Wealth of Nations Can Teach Us About Today’s Failed Energy Transitions
In a capitalist system, it is hardly surprising that the same profit motive that spurs investment in low‑carbon energy also drives continued investment in fossil fuels.
In a capitalist system, it is hardly surprising that the same profit motive that spurs investment in low‑carbon energy also drives continued investment in fossil fuels.
How Environmental Destruction Is Built Into Corporate Design
How do decent people live with the catastrophic results of their collective labor?
How do decent people live with the catastrophic results of their collective labor?